Grantwood Village vs Velda Village Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Grantwood Village and Velda Village Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Grantwood Village and Velda Village Hills are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grantwood Village has the higher population (915 vs 771 in Velda Village Hills). Grantwood Village has the higher median household income ($134,844 vs $45,313 in Velda Village Hills). Grantwood Village has the higher median home value ($488,500 vs $50,700 in Velda Village Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Grantwood Village	Velda Village Hills
Population	915	771
Median age	44.5 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$134,844	$45,313
Median home value	$488,500	$50,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,089
Housing units	368	439
Homeownership rate	95.7%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.1%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grantwood Village	Velda Village Hills
Population	907 → 915 (+0.9%)	876 → 771 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$111,250 → $134,844 (+21.2%)	$38,750 → $45,313 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$379,500 → $488,500 (+28.7%)	$51,900 → $50,700 (-2.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$956 → $1,089 (+13.9%)

Grantwood Village

Population

907915

Median household income

$111,250$134,844

Median home value

$379,500$488,500

Velda Village Hills

Population

876771

Median household income

$38,750$45,313

Median home value

$51,900$50,700

Median gross rent

$956$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grantwood Village	Velda Village Hills
Under 5	5.4%	9.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	3.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	17.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	6.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	22.8%
65 to 74	17.3%	12.5%
75 and over	9.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grantwood Village	Velda Village Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	97.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grantwood Village	Velda Village Hills
No high school diploma	1.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	10.3%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	38.8%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grantwood Village	Velda Village Hills
Drove alone	62.8%	64.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	24.3%
Other means	0.0%	8.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grantwood Village	Velda Village Hills
1-unit, detached	97.6%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Grantwood Village	Velda Village Hills
Poverty rate	1.2%	12.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1956	1940