Fewer people are out of work in Raymond (1.1%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Raymond is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns. Raymond grades A+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 6% stay in Raymond for work; outside it, Milwaukee is the main destination (15%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Raymond at work: what stands out
Raymond trades workers with the towns around it
Raymond has about as many jobs (1,596) as working residents (1,648), but they are mostly different people: 1,550 residents leave for work each day while 1,498 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Raymond are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Raymond workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Raymond
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Raymond is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #36 of 362 in Wisconsin. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Raymond’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Raymond could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Raymond on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,550 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 1,498 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 (0.97 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.
Time on the road from Raymond: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Raymond workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,589 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
The towns that employ Raymond’s residents
Where Raymond clocks in
15% 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.
In Raymond, 30% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,596 jobs are based in Raymond.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Raymond, 2013 → 2023: 1,428 → 1,596. 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.
Where in the region Raymond works
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.
For most of Raymond, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Raymond is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #304 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,921 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.2% of Raymond households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Raymond’s commuters take a bus or train.
Raymond next to U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400: 149th of 4,177 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 147 | Sherwood OH | 3,808 | $126K | 4.2% | 1.4% | <1% | A+ |
| 148 | Woodside CA | 5,181 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 149 | Raymond WI | 4,006 | $109K | 5.0% | 1.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 150 | Medford Lakes NJ | 4,403 | $141K | 1.1% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 151 | Bethlehem Township NJ | 3,774 | $142K | 3.8% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | 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 Wisconsin.
Raymond and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Franklin (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
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?
$109,464 (±$22,733) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Raymond?
5.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Raymond?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Raymond work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (15%, 18 mi), Racine (6%, 11 mi), Oak Creek (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Raymond walkable?
Raymond is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Raymond without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.