Grain Valley Vital Statistics - 2009

Population Estimate for 2014	12,175 12,912
Employed Persons	5,802
Households Estimate for 2014 The average annual increase in households is now about 1.4% per year.	4,647   4,927

Married with children Married without children	1,403 1,013
Female with children Male with children	267      108 ======   375
Single male or female	170
No information - male No information - female	371   489
Nonfamily	154
This breakdown accounts for 3,975 households. These figures are short by 672 (for some unknown reason) to account for 4,647 households (above).

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey;  Claritas, 2009;  County Business Patterns, 2007;  City of Grain Valley.
  in:  Eastern Jackson County by the Numbers 2010.

Grain Valley Life Styles

Rural and Small Town

Country Comfort – Country Comfort are filled with predominantly white, middle-class homeowners.  These Americans tend to be married, between the ages of 25 and 54, with or without children.

Middle America – This segment is filled with middle-class homeowners living in small towns and remote exurbs.  Middle Americans tend to be white, high school educated, living as couples or larger families, and ranging in age from under 25 to over 65.

Rustic Living – Rustic America residents have relatively modest incomes, low educational levels, aging homes, and blue-collar occupations.  Many of the residents, a mix of young singles and seniors, are unmarried.

Landed Gentry – The Landed Gentry social group consists of relatively wealthy Americans who migrated to the smaller boomtowns beyond the nation’s beltways.  Many of these households contain Boomer families and couples with college degrees, professional jobs.

from:  Claritas “PRIZM” Clusters Descriptions