Raymond is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 10,989 people and two associated neighborhoods, Raymond is the 28th largest community in New Hampshire.
Also of interest is that Raymond has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.95% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Raymond has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Raymond has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Raymond than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Raymond may be for you.
One downside of living in Raymond, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.97 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Raymond does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Raymond citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.69% of adults in Raymond have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Raymond in 2022 was $40,632, which is lower middle income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,528 for a family of four. However, Raymond contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Raymond home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Raymond residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Raymond include Irish, English, French, Italian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Raymond is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.