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Place dossier plate
SheetNH-RAYMOND-NH · Raymond, NH 3,881 pop · income 51st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Raymond
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Raymond on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Springfield · lowest
44,375
Springfield · lowest
44,375 median HH income
17.7% of the leader · rank #1
Brecon · near
70,800
Brecon · near
70,800 median HH income
28.3% of the leader · rank #2
Rogers · near
70,800
Rogers · near
70,800 median HH income
28.3% of the leader · rank #3
Los Ranchos d… · near
70,801
Los Ranchos d… · near
70,801 median HH income
28.3% of the leader · rank #4
Raymond · this city
70,804
Raymond · this city
70,804 median HH income
28.3% of the leader · rank #5
Neoga · near
70,804
Neoga · near
70,804 median HH income
28.3% of the leader · rank #6
Loyola · highest
250,001
Loyola · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Raymond on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 3,881.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Raymond - the verdict
Nationally, Raymond sits in the 51st percentile for household income and the 91st percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
51st
percentile, household income
64th
percentile, home value
86th
percentile, median rent
91st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Raymond, NH
3,881 people live in Raymond, New Hampshire - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $70,804 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.1%. Home values in Raymond run a median of $292,200, and the median resident age is 42.6 years. 23.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 59.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Raymond reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 361.8 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
New Hampshire carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New Hampshire at 104.2 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,894 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Hampshire run around $307, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 69.9 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Raymond's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to reported crime to schools and households to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Raymond, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Raymond?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within New Hampshire, the closest population matches are Conway (3,833 residents, $58,796 income); Farmington (3,753 residents, $51,094 income); Littleton (4,211 residents, $47,879 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are South Blooming Grove, NY (3,880 residents); Springfield, VT (3,882 residents); Loyola, CA (3,883 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Raymond?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 361.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 84% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 23.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
What does the journey to work look like in Raymond?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Raymond?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
4.1×
Home value
$292,200
Household income
$70,804
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Above median income · poverty 4.1% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
104.2 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Hampshire average
C
City profile score · Raymond, NH
55/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime A-
54 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate B
4.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C-
$70,804
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
104.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Raymond profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 83/100 (A-) · 54 /100k
Poverty rate: 71/100 (B) · 4.1%
Household income: 50/100 (C-) · $70,804
Bachelor's+ share: 44/100 (D) · 23.4%
Cost of living: 23/100 (F) · 104.2 index
Where Raymond sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Raymond's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Raymond highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Raymond, NH (this city): home $292,200, crime 362/100k
Springfield, VT : home $138,400, crime 1,290/100k
Goodland, KS : home $112,800, crime 1,731/100k
Weston, WV : home $88,000, crime 1,048/100k
Conway, NH : home $255,300, crime 2,347/100k
Farmington, NH : home $215,100, crime 887/100k
Littleton, NH : home $213,200, crime 1,439/100k
Goffstown, NH : home $385,000, crime 497/100k
How does Raymond compare to other US cities?
Where Raymond sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income51% higher than other cities
Home value64% pricier than other cities
Median rent86% pricier than other cities
Safety91% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to New Hampshire alone, Raymond ranks #4 of 53 New Hampshire cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Raymond against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Hampshire only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Hampshire-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Raymond near the bottom of New Hampshire's cities
Among the 100 New Hampshire cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Raymond ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Raymond only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#55 of 92
40th percentile in New Hampshire
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 100
0th percentile in New Hampshire
Median Home Value
#46 of 94
51st percentile in New Hampshire
Poverty Rate
#44 of 99
55th percentile in New Hampshire
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#73 of 100
27th percentile in New Hampshire
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Hampshire only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
51st percentile nationally for median household income · 91st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Raymond's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Raymond's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Raymond's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$292,20036th percentilemore affordable than 36% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Raymond's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,048 of 15,516
More affordable than 29% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,590 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.1×, Raymond sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,048 of 15,516 and #8,590 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$70,804Raymond, NH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Raymond, NH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Raymond, NH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,881
Median Income
$70,804
Median Home Value
$292,200
Median Age
42.6
Poverty Rate
4.1%
Labor force participation
59.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
361.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
54.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
307.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.2%
Carpool
11.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
14.5%
Other
1.6%
Based on 1,945 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Hampshire statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $307
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Hampshire at $307 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are New Hampshire statewide averages, not a meter reading for Raymond. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Hampshire's BEA cost-of-living index is 104.2 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Raymond is $1,894/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Hampshire statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 69.9 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Hampshire statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Raymond sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Raymond compares to similar-size New Hampshire cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.