Grain Valley is a medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 16,178 people and four associated neighborhoods, Grain Valley is the 50th largest community in Missouri. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Grain Valley, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Grain Valley, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Grain Valley’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Grain Valley does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $82,364.00. Grain Valley real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Grain Valley house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Grain Valley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Grain Valley is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grain Valley who work in sales jobs (11.37%), office and administrative support (10.40%), and healthcare (8.31%). Also of interest is that Grain Valley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.51% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Grain Valley is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The overall education level of Grain Valley is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.04% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Grain Valley in 2022 was $36,609, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,436 for a family of four. However, Grain Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Grain Valley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Grain Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grain Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grain Valley include German, European, English, Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Grain Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
