Work & commute · Raymond

Work & commute in Raymond, IA

Most working residents leave Raymond for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (48%), Cedar Falls (17%) and Cedar Rapids (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 351 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 350 Raymond residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Raymond.

350live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Raymond goes to work

Waterloo6.4 mi away

48%170

Cedar Falls11.9 mi away

17%58

Cedar Rapids44.9 mi away

3%12

La Porte City10.9 mi away

2%7

Des Moines94.1 mi away

2%7

Evansdale2 mi away

1%5

Jesup8.3 mi away

1%4

Coralville62.4 mi away

1%4

West Des Moines101.9 mi away

1%4

Dunkerton7.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%77

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Raymond commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

54%

24%

17%

54%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Raymond is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Raymond are

54 jobs are based in Raymond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Raymond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Raymond

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Raymond residents hold

351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+15%

Jobs based in Raymond, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 54. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.