Belton vs Raymore

A side-by-side comparison of Belton and Raymore: population, income, housing, and more.

Belton and Raymore are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belton has the higher population (24,618 vs 23,849 in Raymore). Raymore has the higher median household income ($103,158 vs $70,525 in Belton). Raymore has the higher median home value ($318,000 vs $185,400 in Belton).

Population, income & housing

	Belton	Raymore
Population	24,618	23,849
Median age	37.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,525	$103,158
Median home value	$185,400	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,283
Housing units	10,665	9,181
Homeownership rate	61.2%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belton	Raymore
Population	23,425 → 24,618 (+5.1%)	21,196 → 23,849 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$62,754 → $70,525 (+12.4%)	$84,697 → $103,158 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$135,800 → $185,400 (+36.5%)	$202,100 → $318,000 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,067 → $1,235 (+15.7%)	$1,156 → $1,283 (+11.0%)

Belton

Population

23,42524,618

Median household income

$62,754$70,525

Median home value

$135,800$185,400

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,235

Raymore

Population

21,19623,849

Median household income

$84,697$103,158

Median home value

$202,100$318,000

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belton	Raymore
Under 5	6.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.5%
75 and over	5.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belton	Raymore
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	7.2%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belton	Raymore
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	36.4%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belton	Raymore
Drove alone	79.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.9%	14.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belton	Raymore
1-unit, detached	62.2%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Belton	Raymore
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1986	2002