Greenwood vs Raytown

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Raytown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Raytown has the higher population (29,593 vs 6,000 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($104,638 vs $67,227 in Raytown). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($263,300 vs $162,000 in Raytown).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Raytown
Population	6,000	29,593
Median age	37.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$104,638	$67,227
Median home value	$263,300	$162,000
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,213
Housing units	2,193	13,803
Homeownership rate	90.9%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Raytown
Population	6,247 → 6,000 (-4.0%)	29,264 → 29,593 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$91,299 → $104,638 (+14.6%)	$52,662 → $67,227 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $263,300 (+54.4%)	$105,700 → $162,000 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $1,679 (+15.5%)	$916 → $1,213 (+32.4%)

Greenwood

Population

6,2476,000

Median household income

$91,299$104,638

Median home value

$170,500$263,300

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,679

Raytown

Population

29,26429,593

Median household income

$52,662$67,227

Median home value

$105,700$162,000

Median gross rent

$916$1,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Raytown
Under 5	7.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	16.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	17.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.1%
75 and over	2.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Raytown
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	48.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	36.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Raytown
No high school diploma	3.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	21.8%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Raytown
Drove alone	71.2%	81.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	10.6%
Other means	10.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Raytown
1-unit, detached	99.0%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Raytown
Poverty rate	2.5%	12.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1995	1963