Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Raytown earns a D, 222nd of 247 graded towns in Missouri, mostly because of safety and schools. It reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, including 192 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Its schools rank behind 93% of the state's. What it does well: natural-hazard risk is low. Raytown’s violent crime rate is 6.6 per 1,000 residents, where Missouri’s towns sit at 2.2 and U.S. towns at 1.6. Rice-Tremonti House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Raytown beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Rice-Tremonti HouseWhere Raytown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Raytown is from typical.
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Census counts: 17,083 in 1960, 30,012 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2003 and 6 maps from 1934 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Raytown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaArrowhead Stadium
4 mi Stadium & arenaKauffman Stadium
12 mi Park & preserveSubTropolis
13 mi Theme parkWorlds of Fun
10 mi Stadium & arenaCPKC Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile CenterArrowhead Stadium: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kauffman Stadium: Mysteryman28, Public domain · SubTropolis: ErgoSum88, Public domain · Worlds of Fun: Tkexb173 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · CPKC Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · T-Mobile Center: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Raytown, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Raytown.
Raytown carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Missouri (mostly inland flooding), sends many workers across the state line to Overland Park and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
Reported crimes fell from 1,336 to 998 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Raytown’s property crime rate is 27.7 per 1,000 residents. Raytown reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 95% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Raytown C-2 school district. Two of its 12 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 510 | D |
| Raytown SR. HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,280 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
Raytown beats the Missouri average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 33% of adults get no exercise outside work in Raytown.
| Raytown | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Raytown | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 16.7% | 12.1% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 12% | 9% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 17.9% | 13.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
20% of working residents cross a state line to work, Overland Park among the top destinations.
Most working residents leave Raytown for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Raytown fell to 7,718 in 2023, 673 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Kansas City (38%), Lee's Summit (6%) and Overland Park (6%).
| Raytown | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 5.8% | 13% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 98% of Missouri towns, with expected losses of about $274 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on. 95 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 17 properties have flooded more than once.
The FEMA risk score in Raytown is 23 of 100. Since 1978, 95 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Raytown.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 2.5 years of the Kansas City metro’s $83K median household income, the typical home (about $207K) costs less against local pay than in 79% of Missouri towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living.
The typical Raytown home is worth about $207,000, up 2.5% in a year, 22% below the Missouri typical home.
| Raytown | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,218 a month | $970 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 65% | 64% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Raytown has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 21° and about 9 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Raytown | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cave Spring Park | 0.5 mi | 9 |
| 2. Kenagy Park | — | 16 |
| 3. Kritser Park | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
17 within 15 miles of the center of Raytown
About 5 of every 100 Raytown residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Missouri.
3 notable people were born in Raytown.
City in Jackson County, Missouri, United States
Raytown is a city in Jackson County, Missouri, United States, and is a suburb of Kansas City. The population was at 30,012 in 2020 census. The current mayor of Raytown is Michael McDonough. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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One town shares a border with Raytown.
| Town | MO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raytown | #222 | D | B+ | D | D | C− |
| Kansas City | #200 | C− | C+ | D− | C+ | C+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Raytown grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #222 of 247 in Missouri. It grades C− for health, D for safety and D for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. That is 2.5 years of the area's median household income ($83,460 across the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
3 notable people were born here, including Bob Allison and Roger Allen III.
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