Oak Grove vs Raytown

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

Oak Grove 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 8,477 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($73,237 vs $67,227 in Raytown). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $162,000 in Raytown).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Grove	Raytown
Population	8,477	29,593
Median age	36.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,237	$67,227
Median home value	$190,800	$162,000
Median gross rent	$1,007	$1,213
Housing units	3,215	13,803
Homeownership rate	64.2%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Grove	Raytown
Population	8,217 → 8,477 (+3.2%)	29,264 → 29,593 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$64,398 → $73,237 (+13.7%)	$52,662 → $67,227 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$134,700 → $190,800 (+41.6%)	$105,700 → $162,000 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,007 (+16.7%)	$916 → $1,213 (+32.4%)

Oak Grove

Population

8,2178,477

Median household income

$64,398$73,237

Median home value

$134,700$190,800

Median gross rent

$863$1,007

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)

	Oak Grove	Raytown
Under 5	6.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.1%
75 and over	6.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Grove	Raytown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	48.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	36.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Grove	Raytown
No high school diploma	12.7%	8.2%
High school graduate	35.4%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Grove	Raytown
Drove alone	80.8%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	10.6%
Other means	1.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Grove	Raytown
1-unit, detached	73.1%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	4.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Oak Grove	Raytown
Poverty rate	9.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1984	1963