Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Raymond has lower household incomes than 90% of U.S. towns
Raymond grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 13.8% of residents are in poverty, against 9.9% across Washington. A typical one-way commute from Raymond lasts 17 minutes (Washington 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Raymond
Commutes from Raymond are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
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 27%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
The figures behind Raymond’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Raymond is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #263 of 285 in Washington. Unemployment holds Raymond’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Raymond could be anywhere from D− to B−.
From Raymond, about 17 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Raymond workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,133 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Making and building: 36% of jobs based in Raymond
1,040 jobs are based in Raymond.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Raymond, 2013 → 2023: 876 → 1,040. 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Raymond
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Who works in Raymond, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,133 residents head out to work, 212 work right here, and 828 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
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 South Bend
Where Raymond clocks in
20% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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 49% of U.S. towns, #213 of 285 in Washington. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.9% across Washington.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,211 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 60% 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 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 15.6% of Raymond households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Raymond’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,704th of 4,453: where Raymond ranks among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Clearview WA | 3,254 | $193K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 145 | Lake Holm WA | 3,555 | $177K | 1.1% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,702 | Eutaw AL | 2,640 | $27K | 40.1% | 2.2% | 22% | C− |
| 3,703 | Magee MS | 3,904 | $44K | 32.3% | 3.3% | 19% | C− |
| 3,704 | Raymond WA | 3,235 | $49K | 13.8% | 3.6% | 16% | C− |
| 3,705 | Nunda NY | 2,673 | $65K | 17.3% | 4.9% | 18% | C− |
| 3,706 | Lower Yoder Township PA | 2,335 | $43K | 14.9% | 6.0% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Washington.
Next door is work for 20% of Raymond
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Raymond workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond | – | C− | B− | 17 min | $48,516 |
| South Bend | 20% | D− | A | 20 min | $45,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to South Bend. 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?
$48,516 (±$15,645) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Raymond?
13.8%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Raymond?
17 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Raymond work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Bend (20%, 3 mi), Aberdeen (6%, 20 mi), Seattle (5%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Raymond walkable?
Raymond is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Raymond without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 16% 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.