East Raymond Union Chapel · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Raymond works elsewhere
Raymond grades B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. There are 895 jobs in Raymond; 2,289 of its residents have a job. For 32% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Maine.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Raymond
Raymond workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Raymond works from home
32% of Raymond workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Time on the road ↓
Raymond’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Raymond is Portland, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (450) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Raymond has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Raymond went from 616 in 2013 to 895 in 2023, +45%. The jobs ↓
Raymond makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Raymond are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Raymond residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Raymond
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Raymond is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #30 of 143 in Maine. Unemployment holds Raymond’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Raymond could be anywhere from B− to A.
About 37 minutes to work from Raymond
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Raymond workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,574 commuters (the 32% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Raymond
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Factories, building and farms: 36% of the jobs in Raymond
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Raymond, 2013 → 2023: 616 → 895. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Raymond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Raymond by day and by night
On a workday 2,137 residents head out to work, 152 work right here, and 743 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Raymond on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
20% of working residents work in Portland
Where Raymond clocks in
20% of workers
11% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Most trips from Raymond start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Raymond is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #47 of 143 in Maine. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,325 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Raymond households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Raymond’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300, Raymond comes 991st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 336 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 722 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 750 | Hollis ME | 5,003 | $96K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 989 | Offutt AFB NE | 6,074 | $73K | 6.6% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 990 | Lisbon CT | 4,260 | $93K | 6.6% | 3.2% | 6% | B+ |
| 991 | Raymond ME | 4,670 | $88K | 5.3% | 2.2% | 7% | B+ |
| 992 | East Bloomfield NY | 3,614 | $90K | 3.5% | 4.5% | 10% | B+ |
| 993 | Franklin Township PA | 4,781 | $100K | 7.1% | 1.7% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Raymond, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Work next door: 14% of Raymond’s workers
The biggest share goes to Windham (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Raymond workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond | – | B+ | B | 37 min | $88,194 |
| Casco | under 3% | B− | C− | 30 min | $69,313 |
| Standish | under 3% | A− | B− | 29 min | $104,593 |
| Gray | 3% | A− | C− | 29 min | $95,236 |
| New Gloucester | under 3% | B+ | B | 27 min | $108,797 |
| Poland | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $85,557 |
| Sebago | under 3% | C− | D | 37 min | $78,438 |
| Windham | 11% | A | B | 26 min | $107,934 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Raymond’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Raymond: questions
What is the median household income in Raymond?
$88,194 (±$20,337) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Raymond?
5.3%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Raymond?
37 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Raymond work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (20%, 24 mi), Windham (11%, 9 mi), Westbrook (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Raymond walkable?
Raymond is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Raymond without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Raymond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Raymond
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.