Raytown vs Sugar Creek

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

Raytown and Sugar Creek 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 3,261 in Sugar Creek). Raytown has the higher median household income ($67,227 vs $57,467 in Sugar Creek). Raytown has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $104,800 in Sugar Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Raytown	Sugar Creek
Population	29,593	3,261
Median age	42.2 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,227	$57,467
Median home value	$162,000	$104,800
Median gross rent	$1,213	$936
Housing units	13,803	1,559
Homeownership rate	66.9%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raytown	Sugar Creek
Population	29,264 → 29,593 (+1.1%)	3,290 → 3,261 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$52,662 → $67,227 (+27.7%)	$42,159 → $57,467 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$105,700 → $162,000 (+53.3%)	$78,300 → $104,800 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $1,213 (+32.4%)	$827 → $936 (+13.2%)

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

Sugar Creek

Population

3,2903,261

Median household income

$42,159$57,467

Median home value

$78,300$104,800

Median gross rent

$827$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Raytown	Sugar Creek
Under 5	5.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.4%
75 and over	8.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raytown	Sugar Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	83.5%
Black or African American	36.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raytown	Sugar Creek
No high school diploma	8.2%	18.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raytown	Sugar Creek
Drove alone	81.8%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	13.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	4.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raytown	Sugar Creek
1-unit, detached	81.6%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Raytown	Sugar Creek
Poverty rate	12.7%	10.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1963	1953