Kansas City vs Raytown

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

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

Kansas City has the higher population (508,233 vs 29,593 in Raytown). Kansas City has the higher median household income ($67,449 vs $67,227 in Raytown). Kansas City has the higher median home value ($227,000 vs $162,000 in Raytown).

Population, income & housing

	Kansas City	Raytown
Population	508,233	29,593
Median age	35.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,449	$67,227
Median home value	$227,000	$162,000
Median gross rent	$1,186	$1,213
Housing units	243,692	13,803
Homeownership rate	54.6%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kansas City	Raytown
Population	486,404 → 508,233 (+4.5%)	29,264 → 29,593 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$54,194 → $67,449 (+24.5%)	$52,662 → $67,227 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$154,600 → $227,000 (+46.8%)	$105,700 → $162,000 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,186 (+26.0%)	$916 → $1,213 (+32.4%)

Kansas City

Population

486,404508,233

Median household income

$54,194$67,449

Median home value

$154,600$227,000

Median gross rent

$941$1,186

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)

	Kansas City	Raytown
Under 5	6.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.1%
75 and over	5.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kansas City	Raytown
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	48.8%
Black or African American	25.5%	36.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kansas City	Raytown
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	25.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kansas City	Raytown
Drove alone	72.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.4%
Public transit	1.9%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	10.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kansas City	Raytown
1-unit, detached	61.2%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	14.8%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Kansas City	Raytown
Poverty rate	14.6%	12.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1968	1963