Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Grandview earns a D−, 273rd of 285 graded towns in Washington, mostly because of health and incomes. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 87% of the country. The median household income is $61K, and 18% of residents live below the poverty line. In its favor, natural-hazard risk is low. 37% of residents are under 18 in Grandview, against 22% in Washington’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Grandview's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 95% of U.S. towns. Grandview has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Grandview High School and Cornell Farmstead.
Where Grandview beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Grandview is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 320 in 1910, 10,907 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1908 and a map from 1915 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grandview, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Grandview.
Grandview carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Washington (mostly earthquakes) and fares better on crime within Washington than nationally, but it has poverty well above the Washington rate.
33% of Grandview adults say their health is fair or poor. Only 8 of the 285 Washington towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Grandview. 19% of Grandview adults report frequent mental distress.
| Grandview | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 17% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 18% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 10% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 65% | 71% | 79% |
| What stands out | Grandview | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.7% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 20.1% | 24.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 30.1% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Grandview School District. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Grandview High School, with 1,160 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 815 | – |
| Grandview High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,160 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
The median property tax bill is $2,123, against $4,556 across Washington, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Grandview home is worth about $333,000, about the same as a year ago, 43% below the Washington typical home. 56% of households own their home in Grandview.
| Grandview | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 56% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,107 a month | $1,740 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
At 34.2 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 64% of Washington’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 311 to 221 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Grandview is 16.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Grandview | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 16.7 per 1,000 residents | 15 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.5 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
5.6 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Byron Wildlife Area, at 112 acres.
| Grandview | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dykstra Park | 0.6 mi | 31 |
| 2. Byron Wildlife Area | 0.3 mi | 112 |
| 3. Ralph Scott Memorial Ball Fields | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 92% of Washington towns, with expected losses of about $202 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Grandview’s FEMA risk score is 22 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Grandview has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 28° and about 10 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 4,017 working residents takes 20.1 minutes, against 26.6 across Washington.
Most working residents leave Grandview for work: only 16% work in town. Jobs based in Grandview grew to 3,316 in 2023, 538 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Sunnyside (15%), Yakima (9%) and Prosser (6%).
| Grandview | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 4.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
None within 15 miles of Grandview; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Grandview residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
6 places in Grandview on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Washington, United States
Grandview is a city in Yakima County, Washington, United States. It is about 38 miles west of Kennewick and 38 miles southeast of Yakima. The population was 10,907 at the 2020 census. Grandview's economy is agriculture based, with apples, cherries, concord and wine grapes, hops, asparagus, corn, wheat, dairy and other fruit and vegetable production supported by processing plants and cold storage facilities.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Grandview grades D− overall, better than 4% of U.S. towns and #273 of 285 in Washington. It grades D for health, C− for safety and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 4.7 years of the area's median household income ($70,656 across the Yakima, WA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
