Missouri · Census place 2928090
Grain Valley, Missouri
Grain Valley is a city in Jackson County, Missouri with an estimated 16,859 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 45th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 16,859
- #45 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +7.5%
- +1,176 people
- Land area
- 6.2 sq mi
- Density
- 2,737 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Grain Valley population, 2020 to 2024
Grain Valley added 1,176 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.5%. In the latest year it moved by +231. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Grain Valley is 1.4 times that size.
Grain Valley covers 6.16 square miles of land, for 2,737 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Grain Valley is denser than the typical town.
What county Grain Valley is in
All of Grain Valley's residents live in Jackson County, which had 727,362 residents in 2024. Grain Valley holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Grain Valley
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grain Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64029. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Grain Valley is
The Census internal point of Grain Valley is at 39.015000, -94.216400. Jefferson City, the capital, is 114.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blue Springs, MO (61,246 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Independence, MO, 8.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.015000, -94.216400
- DMS
- 39°00'54.00"N 94°12'59.04"W
- UTM
- 15N 394690.4E 4319144.9N
- Geohash
- 9yvjbn3wy
- Plus code
- 86F72Q7M+XC
Daylight in Grain Valley
At 39.02° N, Grain Valley gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Grain Valley
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Blue Springs, 2.8 miles away, with 61,246 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Grain Valley, MO?
16,859 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,176 (7.5%) from 15,683 in July 2020.
What county is Grain Valley in?
Jackson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Grain Valley?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64029.
How far is Grain Valley from Jefferson City?
114.1 miles (183.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Grain Valley.
What is the nearest larger city to Grain Valley?
Blue Springs, MO, with 61,246 residents, 2.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.