A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Raymore$2,180/mo

Typical home $361K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.97% · or rent about $1,303/mo · Housing →

Gladstone$1,660/mo

Typical home $271K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.07% · or rent about $1,088/mo · Housing →

The difference: $520 a month, about $6,300 a year, between Raymore and Gladstone.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Raymore places higher on 14 of 23 MO lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Missouri ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

BRaymoreSafer than 59% of U.S. towns CGladstoneSafer than 27% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+RaymoreBetter than 68% of districts in the state B+GladstoneBetter than 73% of districts in the state

Health

B+RaymoreHealthier than 69% of U.S. towns C+GladstoneHealthier than 43% of U.S. towns

14Raymore

9Gladstone

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #179#35 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #15#118 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #82#43 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #154#53 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #54#114 SafestSafety · 156 towns #40#95 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #127#62 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #26#75

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Raymore’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

RaymoreGladstone

Snow a year9″18″

January low—20°F

July high—88°F

Growing season (days)—193d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)37th 35th

Outdoors & history

RaymoreGladstone

Trails12 mi 2 mi

Conserved land1.5%4.5%

Settled1872 —

National Register places1 1

Archive photos—3

Famous people born here—2

Community

RaymoreGladstone

Library hours a week—69 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 1

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

29 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RaymoreGladstone

Raymore ↔ Gladstone29 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Missouri average

RaymoreGladstone

People

Population 24,526Lowest 27,207Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +19.4%Highest MO: +2.8% +6.5%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 41.1±1.7Lowest 5% above MO 41.9±1.8Highest 7% above MO

Gladstone and Raymore are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 24.8%±2.5Highest MO: 22.3% 20.5%±2Lowest MO: 22.3%

Raymore and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 18.5%±2Lowest MO: 17.9% 20.5%±1.9Highest MO: 17.9%

Gladstone and Raymore are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36.2%Highest MO: 32.4% 31.7%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±1Highest MO: 5.7% 2.9%±0.9Lowest MO: 5.7%

Raymore and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $104,447±$8kHighest 48% above MO $79,271±$6kLowest 12% above MO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $339,100±$11kHighest 47% above MO $231,500±$10kLowest about the MO average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,303±$143Highest 26% above MO $1,088±$69Lowest 5% above MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,292Highest 69% above MO $2,477Lowest 27% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 55.5%±11.7Highest MO: 45.6% 43.1%±7Lowest MO: 45.6%

Raymore and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 5%Lowest MO: 12.6% 11%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.2%Highest MO: 68.1% 68.4%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 2002Highest 24 yrs newer than MO 1973Lowest 5 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 9% above MO 23 minLowest about the MO average

Work from home 15.1%±2.5Highest MO: 13% 14.7%±2.8Lowest MO: 13%

Raymore and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 5.7%Highest 4.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.37Lowest 0.58Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Kansas City (29%)Kansas City (42%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GladstoneFew work in Raymore

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Lowest 4.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 11.8 miHighest 2.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 13Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 50.1Lowest 109Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #70 of 226 in MO #102 of 226 in MO

School district RAYMORE-PECULIAR R-IIDIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE · NORTH KANSAS CITY 74

High school in town None in townSTAR School

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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T Weaver · 1w

Weeknight Dinner Options

1 neighbor in Raymore can answer.

Gladstone neighborsTown Square →

T Weaver · 6d

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1 neighbor in Gladstone can answer.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Raymore vs Gladstone

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $520 more a month in Raymore

Raymore places higher on 14 of 23 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

29 miles apart

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