Missouri · Census place 2960788
Raytown, Missouri
Raytown is a city in Jackson County, Missouri with an estimated 29,244 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 23rd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 29,244
- #23 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- -2.3%
- -703 people
- Land area
- 9.9 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,945 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Raytown population, 2020 to 2024
Raytown lost 703 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +108. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 126th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Raytown is 2.4 times that size.
Raytown covers 9.93 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,945 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Raytown is denser than the typical town.
What county Raytown is in
All of Raytown's residents live in Jackson County, which had 727,362 residents in 2024. Raytown holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Raytown
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Raytown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64133, 64138. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Raytown is
The Census internal point of Raytown is at 38.994300, -94.461500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 126.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lee's Summit, MO (106,419 people), 6.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.994300, -94.461500
- DMS
- 38°59'39.48"N 94°27'41.40"W
- UTM
- 15N 373433.1E 4317159.9N
- Geohash
- 9yuvf6xnr
- Plus code
- 86C7XGVQ+PC
Daylight in Raytown
At 38.99° N, Raytown gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Raytown
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Lee's Summit, 6.5 miles away, with 106,419 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Raytown, MO?
29,244 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 703 (2.3%) from 29,947 in July 2020.
What county is Raytown in?
Jackson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Raytown?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 64133, 64138.
How far is Raytown from Jefferson City?
126.5 miles (203.7 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Raytown.
What is the nearest larger city to Raytown?
Lee's Summit, MO, with 106,419 residents, 6.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.