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 →

Ferguson$750/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

13Grandview

8Ferguson

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

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

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

GrandviewFerguson

Snow a year9″17″

January low—24°F

July high—90°F

Growing season (days)—215d

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

Outdoors & history

GrandviewFerguson

Trails13 mi 2 mi

Conserved land9.6%2.5%

Settled1900 1894

National Register places2 5

Archive photos12 19

Famous people born here5 8

Community

GrandviewFerguson

Library hours a week69 hrs 60 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.

GrandviewMO FergusonMO

Grandview ↔ Ferguson228 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

GrandviewFerguson

People

Population 26,527Highest 18,213Lowest

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

Median age 34.7±2.2Highest 11% below MO 34.5±1.5Lowest 12% 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 23.3%±2.4Lowest MO: 22.3% 26.1%±3.6Highest 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+ 14.4%±1.6Highest MO: 17.9% 14.1%±2.2Lowest 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+ 25.5%Highest MO: 32.4% 21.3%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.1%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7% 3.7%±1.3Lowest 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 $53,447±$7kHighest 24% below MO $47,524±$7kLowest 33% 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 $188,500±$17kHighest 18% below MO $109,900±$12kLowest 52% below MO

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.7%±9.6Lowest MO: 45.6% 64.6%±13.6Highest 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 17.9%Lowest MO: 12.6% 24.2%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 16.2%±3.3Lowest MO: 13% 16.8%±4.5Highest 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 7.8%Highest 2.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FergusonFew work in Grandview

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.6%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 13.3 miHighest 1.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 14Highest 6Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district GRANDVIEW C-4FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II

High school in town Grandview SR. HighSTEAM Academy at MSB High Scho

Students per teacherat that high school 17.5Highest 13.2Lowest

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 Ferguson

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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