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%

Grandview$1,370/mo

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

Belton$1,660/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

8Grandview

12Belton

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

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

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

Where they are

Grandview and Belton share a border

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

GrandviewBelton

Grandview ↔ Belton4.3 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

GrandviewBelton

Snow a year9″9″

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

Outdoors & history

GrandviewBelton

Trails13 mi 4 mi

Conserved land9.6%3.3%

Settled1900 1871

National Register places2 —

Archive photos12 20

Famous people born here5 3

Community

GrandviewBelton

Library hours a week69 hrs 61 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

GrandviewBelton

People

Population 26,527Highest 25,008Lowest

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

Median age 34.7±2.2Lowest 11% below MO 36.8±1.9Highest 6% 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 23.3%±2.4Lowest MO: 22.3% 24.1%±2.2Highest 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+ 14.4%±1.6Lowest MO: 17.9% 14.5%±1.7Highest 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+ 25.5%Lowest MO: 32.4% 25.6%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.1%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7% 3.7%±1Lowest 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 $53,447±$7kLowest 24% below MO $69,226±$5kHighest about the MO average

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $188,500±$17kLowest 18% below MO $203,200±$11kHighest 12% 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 $1,035±$44Lowest about the MO average $1,290±$97Highest 25% above MO

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.7%±9.6Highest MO: 45.6% 49.2%±9.3Lowest 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 17.9%Highest MO: 12.6% 9.7%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 16.2%±3.3Highest MO: 13% 11.8%±2.5Lowest 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 7.8%Lowest 10.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miLowest 14.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 4% work in Belton4% work in Grandview

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.6%Highest 3.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 13.3 miHighest 3.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 14Highest 7Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district GRANDVIEW C-4BELTON 124

High school in town Grandview SR. HighBelton High

Students per teacherat that high school 17.5Highest 13.7Lowest

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.

Grandview vs Belton

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

Grandview and Belton share a border

What daily life feels like in each

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