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SheetKS-GRANTVILLE-KS · Grantville, KS 130 pop · income 77th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Grantville
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Grantville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Jacksonville · lowest
35,000
Jacksonville · lowest
35,000 median HH income
35.4% of the leader · rank #1
Boiling Sprin… · near
98,796
Boiling Sprin… · near
98,796 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #2
Dixon · near
98,798
Dixon · near
98,798 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Firthcliffe · near
98,801
Firthcliffe · near
98,801 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Grantville · this city
98,802
Grantville · this city
98,802 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Bloomsdale · near
98,807
Bloomsdale · near
98,807 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Twin Rivers · highest
98,831
Twin Rivers · highest
98,831 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Grantville on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 130.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Grantville places in the 77th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
77th
percentile, household income
6th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Grantville, KS
Grantville is a small town in Kansas, home to 130 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Grantville report a median income of $98,802 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 42.9 years. About 21.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 73.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Kansas run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Kansas scores 90.1 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $947 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Kansas's average monthly utility costs around $217 (state average). The average commute for Grantville workers runs 16.3 minutes, with 81.5% driving alone and 18.5% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 29.9 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Grantville's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Grantville, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Grantville?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 16.3 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Grantville?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Kansas, the closest population matches are Niotaze (130 residents, $66,667 income); Cassoday (129 residents, $67,500 income); Denton (129 residents, $83,125 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Gu-Win, AL (130 residents); Lester, AL (130 residents); Copper Hill, AZ (130 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living A
90.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income B+
$98,802
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
21.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Grantville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.1 index
Household income: 76/100 (B+) · $98,802
Bachelor's+ share: 40/100 (D) · 21.8%
How does Grantville compare to other US cities?
Grantville measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income77% higher than other cities
Median rent6% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Grantville against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Kansas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Kansas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Grantville near the bottom of Kansas's cities
Among the 552 Kansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Grantville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Grantville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#33 of 527
94th percentile in Kansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 552
0th percentile in Kansas
Poverty Rate
#486 of 552
0th percentile in Kansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#240 of 552
56th percentile in Kansas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Kansas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
77th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$98,802Grantville, KS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Grantville, KS median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Grantville, KS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
130
Median Income
$98,802
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
42.9
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
73.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
21.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
16.3 minutes
Drive Alone
81.5%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
18.5%
Based on 81 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Kansas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $217
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Kansas at $217 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Kansas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Grantville. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Kansas's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.1 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Grantville is $947/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Kansas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 29.9 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Kansas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Grantville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Grantville compares to similar-size Kansas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.