A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Belton$1,660/mo

Typical home $275K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $1,290/mo · Housing →

Grandview$1,370/mo

Typical home $223K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.09% · or rent about $1,035/mo · Housing →

The difference: $290 a month, about $3,400 a year, between Belton and Grandview.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Belton places higher on 12 of 22 MO lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Missouri ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

CBeltonSafer than 27% of U.S. towns –GrandviewNot graded

Schools

C+BeltonBetter than 35% of districts in the state DGrandviewBetter than 10% of districts in the state

Health

C+BeltonHealthier than 36% of U.S. towns C−GrandviewHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns

12Belton

8Grandview

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #23#172 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #117#28 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #85#184 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #131#217 Highest incomeIncome · 261 towns #98#172 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #74#13 HealthiestHealth · 261 towns #106#173 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #216#158

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Belton’s rankings →

Where they are

Belton and Grandview share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

BeltonGrandview

Belton ↔ Grandview4.3 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

501 Grandview residents work in Belton (4.2% of its workers)

447 Belton residents work in Grandview (3.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in Grandview →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BeltonGrandview

Snow a year9″9″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)32nd 49th

Outdoors & history

BeltonGrandview

Trails4 mi 13 mi

Conserved land3.3%9.6%

Settled1871 1900

National Register places—2

Archive photos20 12

Famous people born here3 5

Community

BeltonGrandview

Library hours a week61 hrs 69 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Missouri average

BeltonGrandview

People

Population 25,008Lowest 26,527Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.6%Lowest MO: +2.8% +7.1%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 36.8±1.9Highest 6% below MO 34.7±2.2Lowest 11% below MO

Belton and Grandview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 24.1%±2.2Highest MO: 22.3% 23.3%±2.4Lowest MO: 22.3%

Belton and Grandview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 14.5%±1.7Highest MO: 17.9% 14.4%±1.6Lowest MO: 17.9%

Belton and Grandview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 25.6%Highest MO: 32.4% 25.5%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±1Lowest MO: 5.7% 5.1%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7%

Grandview and Belton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $69,226±$5kHighest about the MO average $53,447±$7kLowest 24% below MO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $203,200±$11kHighest 12% below MO $188,500±$17kLowest 18% below MO

Belton and Grandview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,290±$97Highest 25% above MO $1,035±$44Lowest about the MO average

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,918Lowest about the MO average $2,055Highest 5% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.2%±9.3Lowest MO: 45.6% 52.7%±9.6Highest MO: 45.6%

Grandview and Belton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 9.7%Lowest MO: 12.6% 17.9%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59%Highest MO: 68.1% 49.1%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 9 yrs newer than MO 1973Lowest 5 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 6% above MO 22 minLowest 5% below MO

Work from home 11.8%±2.5Lowest MO: 13% 16.2%±3.3Highest MO: 13%

Grandview and Belton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 10.3%Highest 7.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miHighest 12.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.73Lowest 0.83Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Kansas City (26%)Kansas City (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 4% work in Grandview4% work in Belton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.3%Lowest 9.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.6 miLowest 13.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 14Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 65.8Highest 49.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #162 of 226 in MO #202 of 226 in MO

School district BELTON 124GRANDVIEW C-4

High school in town Belton HighGrandview SR. High

Students per teacherat that high school 13.7Lowest 17.5Highest

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Belton vs Grandview

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $290 more a month in Belton

Belton places higher on 12 of 22 MO lists

Belton and Grandview share a border

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