RaymondWI
A town of 4,006, settled in 1846.
Is Raymond a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Raymond grades B+ overall, 188th of 357 graded towns in Wisconsin. The median household earns $109K. Its schools rank ahead of 75% of Wisconsin towns. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $509K, 6.5 years of the Racine metro’s $78K median household income. Only 58 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score higher on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 31 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse.
What makes Raymond stand out
Where Raymond beats most towns.
How Raymond grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Raymond is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Six Flags Great America and 32 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Raymond. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
18 mi Stadium & arenaFiserv Forum
18 mi MuseumMilwaukee Art Museum350K visitors a year
18 mi Stadium & arenaUW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
22 mi TheatreAlpine Valley Music Theatre
17 mi MuseumHarley-Davidson Museum300K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Fiserv Forum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Milwaukee Art Museum: Michael Hicks (Mulad), CC BY 2.0 · UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena: Shadowlink1014, Public domain · Alpine Valley Music Theatre: chad davis, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Harley-Davidson Museum: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0 us
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Moving to Raymond: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Raymond, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Raymond.
Raymond trades workers with Milwaukee and other neighbors and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Wisconsin.
Raymond faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Raymond since 2001.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Raymond’s grade for schools is an A−
Its public schools are run by the Raymond #14 School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 385 | B+ |
| North Cape ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 194 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Raymond’s grade for cost of living is a C−
At 6.5 years of the Racine metro’s $78K median household income, the typical home (about $509K) costs more against local pay than in 91% of Wisconsin towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living.
94% of Raymond households own their home, above both Wisconsin’s towns (74%) and U.S. towns (73%). Typical home values rose 6.8% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Raymond, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Union Grove weather station, 8 miles away, records that 41 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 76% of Wisconsin places with climate records. The Union Grove weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 9 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 77% of Wisconsin places with climate records.
Raymond has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 14°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Raymond
Raymond has about as many jobs (1,596) as working residents, but only 98 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Raymond for work: only 6% work in town. At 27 minutes, Raymond’s average trip to work is above both the Wisconsin town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Raymond grew to 1,596 in 2023, 168 more than in 2013.
| Raymond | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $109,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.9% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer of Raymond’s adults feel lonely than in the typical Wisconsin or U.S. town
Against the 7,219 U.S. towns with household incomes like Raymond’s, it is less healthy than 68%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
26% of Raymond adults feel lonely. Raymond beats the Wisconsin average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 14% of Raymond adults report frequent mental distress.
| Raymond | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 16% |
| What stands out | Raymond | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.3% | 5.5% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.6% | 9.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer young adults than Wisconsin overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 23% of residents (19% statewide). The median age in Raymond is 50.7 years. 32% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Raymond | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.7 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women. Among residents 25 to 34, 64% are men (WI 51%).
| Raymond | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.7% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.9% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.7% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.4% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.6% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.4% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.4% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.4% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.4% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.2% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,000, single groups can be off by several points
0.3% of Raymond is conserved land
Just 75 of its 22,776 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Raymond itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Raymond Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Raymond
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Raymond
About 7 of every 100 Raymond residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
About Raymond
Village in Wisconsin, United States
Raymond is a village in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,926 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Kneeland and Raymond are located in the town, as was the ghost town of Raymond Center. The unincorporated communities of North Cape and Union Church are also located partially in the town.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 741 ft
- Area code
- 262
Raymond’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Raymond.
Questions about Raymond
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Raymond, WI a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Raymond grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #188 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Raymond, WI expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.