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Work & commute in Raymond · A commuter town

98% of Raymond’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Raymond for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (24%), Marysville (12%) and Dublin (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Work in town
2%
2 of 125 working residents
Typical commute
27 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
32 min
More than OH (23 min)
Work from home
11%
Less than OH (13%)
Jobs based here
78
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Raymond?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

24% of working residents work in Columbus

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Richwood: 3 residents work here (2%)Kenton: 2 residents work here (2%)Worthington: 2 residents work here (2%)BellefontaineMarysville: 15 residents work here (12%)Dublin: 5 residents work here (4%)Delaware: 5 residents work here (4%)Columbus: 30 residents work here (24%)MillcreekGoshenPeruOrange: 5 residents work here (4%)ClaibourneYorkAllen: 5 residents work here (4%)ParisPerry: 5 residents work here (4%)RaymondColumbusMarysvilleDublinDelawareOrangeAllenRaymond
1
Columbus35.4 mi away
24%30
2
Marysville10.6 mi away
12%15
3
Dublin23.1 mi away
4%5
4
Delaware21.1 mi away
4%5
5
Orange27.4 mi away
4%5
6
Allen6.7 mi away
4%5
7
Perry5.4 mi away
4%5
8
Richwood10.9 mi away
2%3
9
Kenton22.4 mi away
2%2
10
Worthington29 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%48
The top trips

Where Raymond clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
245 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Raymond32 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
11%

of Raymond workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Raymond quiets down on a workday

On a workday 123 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.

123live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
76work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night420
Workday370
420live here− 120head out to work+ 76come in to work= 370on a workday

About 370 people are in Raymond on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.62jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Raymond commutes less than 27 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi40 miColumbus: 24% · 35.4 miMarysville: 12% · 10.6 miDublin: 4% · 23.1 miDelaware: 4% · 21.1 miOrange: 4% · 27.4 miAllen: 4% · 6.7 miPerry: 4% · 5.4 miRichwood: 2% · 10.9 miKenton: 2% · 22.4 miWorthington: 2% · 29 miColumbus 24%Marysville 12%Dublin 4%Delaware 4%Orange 4%Raymond
RaymondTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi27 residents
22%10–24 mi27 residents
47%25–50 mi59 residents
10%Over 50 mi12 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

69% of the jobs in Raymond pay over $3,333 a month

78 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 RaymondJobs Raymond residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%18%
Trade, transport & utilities21%22%
Services: health, schools, offices79%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less4%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%21%
Over $3,333 a month69%65%

Who does it

29 or younger17%28%
30 to 5458%46%
55 and older26%26%
+77%

Jobs based in Raymond, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 78. 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.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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