† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupRaytownMissouriUnited States
German12.4%21.3%12.5%
English8.7%11.9%9.5%
Irish8.2%11.8%9.4%
American3.3%6.8%5.3%
Italian2.5%3.2%4.8%
Scottish1.5%1.8%1.3%
French1.4%2.2%1.6%
Polish1.1%1.3%2.2%
African American†34.5%10.0%9.9%
African0.8%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Somali0.3%——
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
Mexican7.2%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.4%1.8%
Honduran0.6%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.6%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%0.2%0.5%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Spanish0.3%——
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Asian Indian0.2%0.6%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.2%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Raytown
Missouri
United States
Median age
40.9
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.6%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.8%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Raytown
Missouri
United States
Median household income
$68,840
$70,702
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.0%
32.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Raytown
Missouri
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.2%
6.7%
22.3%
Spanish
6.0%
2.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Raytown
Missouri
United States
Catholic
—
12.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
24.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Raytown, Missouri
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+9.1%
2008
+17.9%
2012
+20.0%
2016
+18.4%
2020
+27.7%
2024
+31.0%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
64.6%Harris8,200
33.6%Trump4,267
1.8%
D+31.0
D+3.2
D+32.5
12,695
D
62.9%Biden8,824
35.2%Trump4,934
1.9%
D+27.7
D+9.4
D+23.3
14,023
D
56.5%Clinton7,524
38.1%Trump5,077
5.4%
D+18.4
R+1.6
D+16.3
13,321
D
59.1%Obama7,437
39.1%Romney4,925
1.7%
D+20.0
D+2.1
D+16.1
12,580
D
58.2%Obama8,949
40.3%McCain6,201
1.5%
D+17.9
D+8.8
D+10.6
15,380
D
54.4%Kerry7,798
45.4%Bush6,501
0.2%
D+9.1
—
D+11.5
14,323
Raytown sits just southeast of Kansas City and has trended competitive in recent cycles, with its blue-collar homeowning demographic making it a bellwether for suburban Missouri shifts that statewide campaigns watch closely.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.0 points.
A population of 29,445, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,840 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Douglasville and Center Point.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Raytown, Missouri voted Democratic by 31.0 points (D+31.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 12,695 votes cast, 8,200 went Democratic and 4,267 went Republican.
How many people live in Raytown, Missouri?
Raytown, Missouri has a population of 29,445 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Raytown, Missouri?
Median household income in Raytown, Missouri is $68,840 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Raytown, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Raytown, Missouri from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
