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

B+FultonSafer than 67% of U.S. towns –GrandviewNot graded

Schools

BFultonBetter than 56% of districts in the state DGrandviewBetter than 10% of districts in the state

Health

CFultonHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns C−GrandviewHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns

12Fulton

9Grandview

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #145#13 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #96#200 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #170#70 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #45#76 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #131#217 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #62#145 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #134#202 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #92#158

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $160 more a month in Fulton

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%

Fulton$1,530/mo

Typical home $255K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.91% · or rent about $836/mo · Housing →

Grandview$1,370/mo

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

The difference: $160 a month, about $1,900 a year, between Fulton 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.

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

FultonGrandview

Snow a year19″9″

January low20°F —

July high86°F —

Growing season (days)195d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 49th

Outdoors & history

FultonGrandview

Trails9 mi 13 mi

Conserved land1.7%9.6%

Settled1825 1900

National Register places12 2

Archive photos36 12

Famous people born here18 5

Community

FultonGrandview

Library hours a week53 hrs 69 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

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

138 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FultonMO GrandviewMO

Fulton ↔ Grandview138 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

FultonGrandview

People

Population 12,617Lowest 26,527Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.5%Lowest MO: +2.8% +7.1%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 34.9±1.6Highest 11% below MO 34.7±2.2Lowest 11% below MO

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

Kids under 18 18.2%±3.2Lowest MO: 22.3% 23.3%±2.4Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 15%±2.5Highest MO: 17.9% 14.4%±1.6Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.7%Lowest MO: 32.4% 25.5%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 12.3%±1.1Highest MO: 5.7% 5.1%±1.5Lowest MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $51,429±$6kLowest 27% below MO $53,447±$7kHighest 24% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $155,900±$16kLowest 32% below MO $188,500±$17kHighest 18% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $836±$83Lowest 19% below MO $1,035±$44Highest about the MO average

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,416Lowest 27% below MO $2,055Highest 5% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.2%±11.5Lowest MO: 45.6% 52.7%±9.6Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 13.9%Lowest MO: 12.6% 17.9%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

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

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 9 yrs older than MO 1973Highest 5 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 22% below MO 22 minHighest 5% below MO

Work from home 9.7%±3.8Lowest MO: 13% 16.2%±3.3Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 32.2%Highest 7.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.8 miHighest 12.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.55Highest 0.83Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbia (17%)Kansas City (31%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Lowest 9.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 9.3 miLowest 13.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 14Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 39.7Lowest 49.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #134 of 226 in MO #202 of 226 in MO

School district DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE · MO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAFGRANDVIEW C-4

High school in town Fulton SR. HighGrandview SR. High

Students per teacherat that high school 16.0Lowest 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.

Fulton vs Grandview

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Fulton places higher on 12 of 22 MO lists

A typical home costs $160 more a month in Fulton

What daily life feels like in each

138 miles apart

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