Grundy County vs Ralls County

A side-by-side comparison of Grundy County and Ralls County: population, income, housing, and more.

Grundy County and Ralls County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ralls County has the higher population (10,394 vs 9,822 in Grundy County). Ralls County has the higher median household income ($62,054 vs $53,839 in Grundy County). Ralls County has the higher median home value ($153,400 vs $107,000 in Grundy County).

Population, income & housing

	Grundy County	Ralls County
Population	9,822	10,394
Median age	39.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,839	$62,054
Median home value	$107,000	$153,400
Median gross rent	$679	$765
Housing units	4,851	5,036
Homeownership rate	69.3%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grundy County	Ralls County
Population	9,992 → 9,822 (-1.7%)	10,234 → 10,394 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$45,594 → $53,839 (+18.1%)	$55,377 → $62,054 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $107,000 (+8.7%)	$136,200 → $153,400 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $679 (+27.2%)	$767 → $765 (-0.3%)

Grundy County

Population

9,9929,822

Median household income

$45,594$53,839

Median home value

$98,400$107,000

Median gross rent

$534$679

Ralls County

Population

10,23410,394

Median household income

$55,377$62,054

Median home value

$136,200$153,400

Median gross rent

$767$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grundy County	Ralls County
Under 5	7.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.6%
75 and over	10.7%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grundy County	Ralls County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grundy County	Ralls County
No high school diploma	14.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grundy County	Ralls County
Drove alone	78.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grundy County	Ralls County
1-unit, detached	80.7%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Grundy County	Ralls County
Poverty rate	16.8%	12.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1962	1982