Raytown.
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Missouri·Jackson County
8 tracts·30K people·$183K median·2,981/mi²
White 47 · Black 37 · Hispanic 11 · Multiracial 5 · Other 1 · Asian 0
Other 35 · Living alone 33 · Married couple 32
Health 27 · Professional 23 · Retail 21 · Manufacturing 13 · Leisure 9 · Public admin 2 · Other 5
Management · business · science · arts 33 · Sales · office 26 · Service 17 · Production · transport 16 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 79 · Carpool 14 · Work from home 12 · Walk 1 · Transit 0 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Raytown is $182,900 (Census ACS) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Raytown has 29,445 residents across 8 census tracts and 8 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 40.9; the population is 46.5% White, 36.8% Black, 10.6% Hispanic or Latino, 4.9% Multiracial, 0.8% Other and 0.4% Asian; the average household has 2.3 people; 22.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 12.5% (Census ACS).
BLUE RIDGE ELEM. (29%), LAUREL HILLS ELEM. (23%) and SOUTHWOOD ELEM. (23%) lead the elementary schools; RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLE (23%) and SOUTH MIDDLE (19%) lead the middle schools; RAYTOWN SOUTH SR. HIGH (33%) and RAYTOWN SR. HIGH (21%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,218/month, 23% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Raytown is $68,840 a year, 20% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Raytown, median rent is $1,218/month and the median home value is $182,900 (Census ACS).
Raytown reported 7.5 violent crimes and 38.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 87°F; winter lows average 23°F; there are 73 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 42 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Raytown are hail (89), heat wave (88) and tornado (81), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.07g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Raytown, 0.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).