Photo: Thevalarie · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Grandview are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns
17.9% of residents are in poverty, next to 12.6% for Missouri as a whole. For jobs and income Grandview is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 8% work in Grandview; the top destination outside it is Kansas City (31%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Grandview: the gist
A lot of Grandview works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Grandview: Kansas City (31%) and Belton (4%). Next door ↓
A lot of Grandview workers cross into Kansas
21% of Grandview workers work outside Missouri, most of them in Kansas, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Grandview makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Grandview are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Grandview residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Grandview’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Grandview’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,447, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grandview could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where Grandview’s working residents head each day
Where Grandview clocks in
31% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 42% of Grandview’s jobs are in goods
9,807 jobs are based in Grandview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grandview, 2013 → 2023: 9,350 → 9,807. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grandview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Grandview by day and by night
On a workday 10,902 residents head out to work, 925 work right here, and 8,882 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Grandview, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grandview workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,749 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Grandview
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Grandview commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,827 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 33% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.3% of Grandview households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Grandview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Grandview places 1,224th of 1,477 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 19,000 to 36,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Wildwood MO | 34,955 | $161K | 2.2% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Ballwin MO | 30,901 | $125K | 4.8% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | Kirkwood MO | 29,331 | $121K | 5.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,222 | Willmar MN | 22,001 | $62K | 13.1% | 4.8% | 60% | C |
| 1,223 | Stevens Point WI | 26,377 | $58K | 16.6% | 4.4% | 41% | C |
| 1,224 | Grandview MO | 26,653 | $53K | 17.9% | 6.2% | 8% | C |
| 1,225 | Moses Lake WA | 27,469 | $75K | 15.8% | 4.6% | 40% | C |
| 1,226 | Egypt Lake-Leto FL | 35,873 | $54K | 16.7% | 7.1% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Grandview, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
35% of Grandview works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grandview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview | – | C | B− | 22 min | $53,447 |
| Kansas City | 31% | B− | A | 22 min | $69,166 |
| Belton | 4% | B | B | 25 min | $69,226 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kansas City. Darker towns draw more of Grandview’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Grandview: questions
What is the median household income in Grandview?
$53,447 (±$6,835) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grandview?
17.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grandview?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grandview work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (31%, 17 mi), Overland Park (8%, 9 mi), Lee's Summit (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grandview walkable?
Grandview is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grandview without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grandview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grandview
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.