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%

Washington$1,800/mo

Typical home $307K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.74% · or rent about $827/mo · Housing →

Raymore$2,180/mo

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

The difference: $380 a month, about $4,600 a year, between Raymore and Washington.

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

C+WashingtonSafer than 37% of U.S. towns BRaymoreSafer than 59% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

C+WashingtonHealthier than 45% of U.S. towns B+RaymoreHealthier than 69% of U.S. towns

9Washington

14Raymore

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #132#54 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #88#218 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #152#28 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #6#127 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #108#201 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #99#26 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #60#82 SafestSafety · 156 towns #80#40

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Washington’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

WashingtonRaymore

Snow a year8″9″

January low20°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)199d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)77th 37th

Outdoors & history

WashingtonRaymore

Trails2 mi 12 mi

Conserved land2.5%1.5%

Settled—1872

National Register places42 1

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here13 —

Community

WashingtonRaymore

Library hours a week68 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 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

187 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WashingtonMO RaymoreMO

Washington ↔ Raymore187 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

WashingtonRaymore

People

Population 15,130Lowest 24,526Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.7%Lowest MO: +2.8% +19.4%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 43.1±3Highest 11% above MO 41.1±1.7Lowest 5% above MO

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

Kids under 18 20.9%±3Lowest MO: 22.3% 24.8%±2.5Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 20.1%±2.6Highest MO: 17.9% 18.5%±2Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 32.3%Lowest MO: 32.4% 36.2%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±1.7Highest MO: 5.7% 4.2%±1Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $79,173±$10kLowest 12% above MO $104,447±$8kHighest 48% above MO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $231,800±$13kLowest about the MO average $339,100±$11kHighest 47% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $827±$92Lowest 20% below MO $1,303±$143Highest 26% above MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,717Lowest 12% below MO $3,292Highest 69% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.8%±9.2Lowest MO: 45.6% 55.5%±11.7Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 7.9%Highest MO: 12.6% 5%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74%Lowest MO: 68.1% 78.2%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Lowest same as MO 2002Highest 24 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 10% below MO 26 minHighest 9% above MO

Work from home 12.2%±3.5Lowest MO: 13% 15.1%±2.5Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 28.3%Highest 5.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miHighest 14.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.62Highest 0.37Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Union (6%)Kansas City (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RaymoreFew work in Washington

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.5%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.8 miLowest 11.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 11Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 66.1Highest 50.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #58 of 226 in MO #70 of 226 in MO

School district WASHINGTONRAYMORE-PECULIAR R-II

High school in town Washington High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 16.1 —

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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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.

Washington vs Raymore

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $380 more a month in Raymore

Raymore places higher on 14 of 23 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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