Peculiar vs Raymore

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

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

Raymore has the higher population (23,849 vs 5,815 in Peculiar). Raymore has the higher median household income ($103,158 vs $96,250 in Peculiar). Raymore has the higher median home value ($318,000 vs $252,400 in Peculiar).

Population, income & housing

	Peculiar	Raymore
Population	5,815	23,849
Median age	33.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$103,158
Median home value	$252,400	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,152	$1,283
Housing units	2,139	9,181
Homeownership rate	73.4%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peculiar	Raymore
Population	5,139 → 5,815 (+13.2%)	21,196 → 23,849 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$62,708 → $96,250 (+53.5%)	$84,697 → $103,158 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $252,400 (+71.7%)	$202,100 → $318,000 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,152 (+29.4%)	$1,156 → $1,283 (+11.0%)

Peculiar

Population

5,1395,815

Median household income

$62,708$96,250

Median home value

$147,000$252,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,152

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)

	Peculiar	Raymore
Under 5	10.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	5.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.5%
75 and over	4.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peculiar	Raymore
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	4.1%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peculiar	Raymore
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peculiar	Raymore
Drove alone	69.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.9%	14.5%
Other means	3.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peculiar	Raymore
1-unit, detached	81.0%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Peculiar	Raymore
Poverty rate	4.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.87	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1995	2002