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%

Ferguson$750/mo

Typical home $116K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.51% · or rent about $1,119/mo · Housing →

Grandview$1,370/mo

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

The difference: $620 a month, about $7,400 a year, between Grandview and Ferguson.

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

Grandview places higher on 13 of 21 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

D−FergusonSafer than 4% of U.S. towns –GrandviewNot graded

Schools

DFergusonBetter than 14% of districts in the state DGrandviewBetter than 10% of districts in the state

Health

D−FergusonHealthier than 4% of U.S. towns C−GrandviewHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns

8Ferguson

13Grandview

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #246#70 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #115#28 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #84#200 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #42#181 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #32#143 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #95#13 Fewest smokersHealth · 261 towns #213#134 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #28#92

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

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

FergusonGrandview

Snow a year17″9″

January low24°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)215d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)62nd 49th

Outdoors & history

FergusonGrandview

Trails2 mi 13 mi

Conserved land2.5%9.6%

Settled1894 1900

National Register places5 2

Archive photos19 12

Famous people born here8 5

Community

FergusonGrandview

Library hours a week60 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.

Where they are

228 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FergusonMO GrandviewMO

Ferguson ↔ Grandview228 miles apart

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

FergusonGrandview

People

Population 18,213Lowest 26,527Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -12.6%Lowest MO: +2.8% +7.1%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 34.5±1.5Lowest 12% below MO 34.7±2.2Highest 11% below MO

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

Kids under 18 26.1%±3.6Highest MO: 22.3% 23.3%±2.4Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 14.1%±2.2Lowest MO: 17.9% 14.4%±1.6Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.3%Lowest MO: 32.4% 25.5%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±1.3Lowest MO: 5.7% 5.1%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,524±$7kLowest 33% below MO $53,447±$7kHighest 24% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $109,900±$12kLowest 52% below MO $188,500±$17kHighest 18% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,119±$54Highest 8% above MO $1,035±$44Lowest about the MO average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,661Lowest 15% below MO $2,055Highest 5% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 64.6%±13.6Highest MO: 45.6% 52.7%±9.6Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 24.2%Highest MO: 12.6% 17.9%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 48.2%Lowest MO: 68.1% 49.1%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 21 yrs older than MO 1973Highest 5 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest about the MO average 22 minLowest 5% below MO

Work from home 16.8%±4.5Highest MO: 13% 16.2%±3.3Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Lowest 7.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miLowest 12.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.58Lowest 0.83Highest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (21%)Kansas City (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GrandviewFew work in Ferguson

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.5%Lowest 9.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miLowest 13.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 14Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 99.6Highest 49.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #219 of 226 in MO #202 of 226 in MO

School district FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-IIGRANDVIEW C-4

High school in town STEAM Academy at MSB High SchoGrandview SR. High

Students per teacherat that high school 13.2Lowest 17.5Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Ferguson vs Grandview

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $620 more a month in Grandview

Grandview places higher on 13 of 21 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

228 miles apart

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