Best PlacesRaymore, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Raymore, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Raymore ranks 3,166th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Raymore
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Raymore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Raymore ranks high
- Cheap childcare$388 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
Where Raymore ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 22% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 23% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 33% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Raymore
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Raymore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,456, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Raymore's effective rate of 0.95%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Raymore
Raymore's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Raymore.
Who works in Raymore, and how
Work in Raymore centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Raymore
Raymore has more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Raymore and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Raymore, month by month
Raymore sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Raymore
Kansas City International sits about 37 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Raymore
Schools across Raymore average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Timber Creek Elem.A− · 57% proficient
- Creekmoor Elem.A− · 57% proficient
- Stonegate Elem.B · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pleasant Hill IntermediateB · 44% proficient
- Raymore-peculiar East MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Raymore-peculiar Sr. HighB− · 43% proficient
- Pleasant Hill HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Raymore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Raymore measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Raymore against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Raymore suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 91% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 13% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 63% of towns and health care access beats 85%.
Common questions about living in Raymore
Is Raymore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Raymore ranks 3,166th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, fast internet, and biking, and lowest on noise and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Raymore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $328,586. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $106,456 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Raymore safe?
Yes, Raymore is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Raymore?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 24. That works out to about 93 pleasant days a year, more than 63% of towns.
Is Raymore good for families?
Schools beat 65% of towns, crime safety beats 88%, and childcare runs $388 a month.
Compare Raymore with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Raymore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Raymore represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Raymore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Raymore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Raymore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Raymore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Raymore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Raymore detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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