Raymore is a medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 24,203 people and five associated neighborhoods, Raymore is the 31st largest community in Missouri. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Raymore, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Raymore, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Raymore’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Raymore does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $96,536.00. Raymore real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Raymore house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Raymore is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Raymore is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Raymore who work in office and administrative support (11.96%), management occupations (11.29%), and healthcare (8.52%). Also of interest is that Raymore has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.02% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Raymore is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Raymore are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.41% of adults in Raymore have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Raymore in 2022 was $40,183, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,732 for a family of four. Raymore is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Raymore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Raymore residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Raymore include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Raymore is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
