Lee's Summit vs Raytown

A side-by-side comparison of Lee's Summit and Raytown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lee's Summit has the higher population (102,583 vs 29,593 in Raytown). Lee's Summit has the higher median household income ($104,989 vs $67,227 in Raytown). Lee's Summit has the higher median home value ($313,200 vs $162,000 in Raytown).

Population, income & housing

	Lee's Summit	Raytown
Population	102,583	29,593
Median age	38.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$104,989	$67,227
Median home value	$313,200	$162,000
Median gross rent	$1,382	$1,213
Housing units	41,358	13,803
Homeownership rate	73.6%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee's Summit	Raytown
Population	97,275 → 102,583 (+5.5%)	29,264 → 29,593 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$89,969 → $104,989 (+16.7%)	$52,662 → $67,227 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$223,700 → $313,200 (+40.0%)	$105,700 → $162,000 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,077 → $1,382 (+28.3%)	$916 → $1,213 (+32.4%)

Lee's Summit

Population

97,275102,583

Median household income

$89,969$104,989

Median home value

$223,700$313,200

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,382

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)

	Lee's Summit	Raytown
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.1%
75 and over	6.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee's Summit	Raytown
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	48.8%
Black or African American	10.1%	36.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee's Summit	Raytown
No high school diploma	2.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	18.7%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee's Summit	Raytown
Drove alone	73.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee's Summit	Raytown
1-unit, detached	72.7%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Lee's Summit	Raytown
Poverty rate	5.5%	12.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1994	1963