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%

Grain Valley$2,030/mo

Typical home $329K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.12% · or rent about $1,398/mo · Housing →

Republic$1,580/mo

Typical home $270K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $1,123/mo · Housing →

The difference: $450 a month, about $5,400 a year, between Grain Valley and Republic.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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−Grain ValleySafer than 54% of U.S. towns BRepublicSafer than 63% of U.S. towns

Schools

AGrain ValleyBetter than 86% of districts in the state ARepublicBetter than 92% of districts in the state

Health

BGrain ValleyHealthier than 56% of U.S. towns C+RepublicHealthier than 44% of U.S. towns

11Grain Valley

11Republic

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #111#223 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #240#152 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #114#190 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #41#115 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #48#119 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #213#143 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #82#149 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #53#7

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Grain Valley’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

Grain ValleyRepublic

Snow a year9″14″

January low—24°F

July high—90°F

Growing season (days)—199d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 37th

Outdoors & history

Grain ValleyRepublic

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land2.1%0.9%

Settled1878 1871

National Register places—1

Archive photos3 3

Famous people born here1 3

Community

Grain ValleyRepublic

Library hours a week61 hrs 57 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

135 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Grain ValleyMO RepublicMO

Grain Valley ↔ Republic135 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

Grain ValleyRepublic

People

Population 16,271Lowest 19,829Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +21.6%Lowest MO: +2.8% +27.1%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 35.2±2.6Highest 10% below MO 33.2±2.6Lowest 15% below MO

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

Kids under 18 29.9%±4.1Highest MO: 22.3% 27%±3.5Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 11.4%±1.8Lowest MO: 17.9% 15.8%±2.7Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.4%Highest MO: 32.4% 26.3%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±0.9Lowest MO: 5.7% 4%±1.4Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $89,649±$8kHighest 27% above MO $65,729±$4kLowest 7% below MO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $283,800±$13kHighest 23% above MO $211,500±$12kLowest 8% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,398±$88Highest 35% above MO $1,123±$75Lowest 9% above MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,182Highest 63% above MO $1,578Lowest 19% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37.7%±9.8Lowest MO: 45.6% 38.8%±8.8Highest MO: 45.6%

Republic and Grain Valley 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% 17.7%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65%Highest MO: 68.1% 60.1%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 2002Highest 24 yrs newer than MO 2001Lowest 23 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 10% above MO 25 minLowest 6% above MO

Work from home 18%±4.9Highest MO: 13% 9.6%±2.8Lowest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 6.3%Lowest 11.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 11.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.42Lowest 0.64Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Kansas City (25%)Springfield (57%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RepublicFew work in Grain Valley

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.1%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.9 miLowest 1.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 5Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 78.7Highest 59.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #67 of 226 in MO #22 of 226 in MO

School district GRAIN VALLEY R-VREPUBLIC R-III

High school in town Grain Valley HighRepublic High

Students per teacherat that high school 17.0Highest 16.9Lowest

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Grain Valley vs Republic

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $450 more a month in Grain Valley

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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