Photo: Rowen Hansen · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Grain Valley run?
Grain Valley’s city government spent $9.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $570 per resident. Water and other utilities ($3.2 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Grain Valley is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $570 per resident a year, or $1.56 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 32%.
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No comparison for Grain Valley yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Grain Valley’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars), so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2024; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is down 10% since 2023
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Grain Valley reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2023: $637 · 2024: $570.
full-time in March 2025, up from 58 in 2022.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $3,182 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.12% of the home’s value, vs 0.85% across Missouri.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Grain Valley’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Grain Valley’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Grain Valley →
Who’s in charge in Grain Valley
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 257 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (16,178).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Grain Valley R-V School District
Grain Valley’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,329 per pupil, $6,467 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Missouri districts overall: 54% local, 35% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Grain Valley’s votes are counted by county
Missouri reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Grain Valley alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Jackson County’s results.
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat58.8%187,026 votes
Donald J TrumpRepublican39.5%125,610 votesOthers: 1.7% (5,381 votes).
Most votes in Jackson County: Kamala D Harris
Missouri: Trump 58.5%, Harris 40.1%
100% of Grain Valley lies in Jackson County. Every 2024 race in Jackson County is on the county’s page.
Jackson County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Grain Valley.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Missouri HouseState representatives
- 3Missouri SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Missouri
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Grain Valley compares with the towns next door
Grain Valley’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate, so it isn’t placed among them. None of its neighbors reported 2022 figures. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Springs | estimate | $3,324 |
| Grain Valley | estimate | $3,182 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Grain Valley’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Grain Valley’s government
How much does Grain Valley spend per resident?
About $570 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Grain Valley?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $3,182 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.12% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.85% across Missouri. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Grain Valley’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Grain Valley yet.
How did Grain Valley vote in 2024?
Missouri counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Grain Valley alone. Jackson County, where 100% of Grain Valley lies, voted Harris 58.8%, Trump 39.5% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Grain Valley?
63 full-time and 15 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $376,299 (about $4.5M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Grain Valley in the state legislature?
State Senate District 11 (Joe Nicola) and State House District 32 (Jeff Coleman). The House district also covers four other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Grain Valley’s government
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →