Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety55#7,047/15,637
Economy37#9,817/15,631
Housing64#5,438/14,977
Health38#9,715/15,609
Healthcare36#10,010/15,650
Environment12#13,592/15,453
Education31#10,852/15,649
Infrastructure35#10,182/15,650
Community36#9,971/15,651
Leisure & amenities45#8,635/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Raymond, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Montgomery County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
97/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Illinois 6.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMontgomery County value
Public libraries · high2.2 /10k
92/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMontgomery County value
Restaurants and bars · high13.5 /10k
92/100Illinois 10.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMontgomery County value
Job growth · high2.2%
90/100Illinois 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMontgomery County value
Pharmacies · high2.5 /10k
90/100Illinois 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMontgomery County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.4 /10k
1/100Illinois 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMontgomery County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.19%
5/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Access to exercise opportunities · low38.3%
5/100Illinois 90.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value
New business applications · low7.7 /1k
5/100Illinois 14.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauMontgomery County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Illinois 3.0United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMontgomery County value
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100Illinois 6.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMontgomery County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
968 (2015-2019) → 1,030 (2020-2024)
+6.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
4.1% (2015-2019) → 36.8% (2020-2024)
+33 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
30.6% (2015-2019) → 51.2% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.6% (2015-2019) → 90.1% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
9.0% (2015-2019) → 23.2% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
21.2% (2015-2019) → 30.4% (2020-2024)
+9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Raymond, Illinois improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Rent / income+9.2 points21.2% → 30.4%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Raymond, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	23.0 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Within the margin of error	70%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%2015-2019	21.0%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Broadband subscriptions	72.6%2015-2019	90.1%2020-2024	+18 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Effective property tax rate	2.29%2015-2019	2.20%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
High school diploma or higher	93.2%2015-2019	96.8%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3702015-2019	0.4302020-2024	+0.061	Within the margin of error	13%
Median household income	$52,8952015-2019	$66,5912020-2024	+26%	Within the margin of error	46%
Poverty rate	9.0%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.2%2015-2019	30.4%2020-2024	+9.2 points	Declined	10%
Rent-burdened households	30.6%2015-2019	51.2%2020-2024	+21 points	Within the margin of error	8%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Raymond, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Raymond, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Raymond, Illinois itself moved −7.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,030 residents (±236)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 men (−4.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,030 residents (±236)

Raymond, Illinois
Illinois share

White97%998
Black1.1%†11
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

652 residents (±108)

Raymond, Illinois
Illinois share

No high school diploma3.2%†21
High school or GED32%211
Some college30%†197

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

406 households (±67)

Raymond, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k17%†70
$25k–50k24%†98
$50k–75k11%†43
$75k–100k17%†68
$100k–150k16%†65
$150k–200k9.1%†37
$200k or more6.2%†25

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−22.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

406 households (±67)

Raymond, Illinois
Illinois share

Own77%314
Rent23%†92

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

92 households (±33)

Raymond, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $75032%†29
$750–1,00033%†30
$1,000–1,50021%†19

Home values

314 homes (±71)

Raymond, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $150k68%†213
$150k–250k25%†79
$250k–400k5.1%†16

Age of homes

430 homes (±77)

Raymond, Illinois
Illinois share

2010 or later2.8%†12
2000–20099.3%†40
1980–199913%†57

Size of homes

430 homes (±77)

Raymond, Illinois
Illinois share

Studio6.5%†28
1 bedroom4.0%†17
2 bedrooms36%156

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

491 workers (±111)

Raymond, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone84%413
Carpool4.7%†23
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.4%†12
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.5%†37
Other1.2%†6

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

454 workers (±100)

Raymond, Illinois
Illinois share

Under 15 min40%†180
15–29 min24%†111
30–44 min16%†71

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Montgomery County, the county holding most of Raymond's residents.

Montgomery County has 676 employer establishments, 243 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Illinois's), with 7,538 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,276. The Census Bureau also counts 1,543 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 676; 1,543 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 243; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 7,538
Average annual pay: $42,276; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Montgomery County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	48	17.3	0.94×About typical	708	$18,986	8
Specialty trade contractors	47	16.9	1.09×About typical	136	$56,287	124
Ambulatory health care services	42	15.1	0.73×Fewer than typical	406	$51,483	28
Religious organizations	29	10.4	1.88×More than typical	111	$15,054	—
Truck transportation	29	10.4	2.06×More than typical	230	$40,843	51
Full-service restaurants	24	8.6	1.12×About typical	296	$18,547	—
Gasoline stations	24	8.6	2.66×More than typical	211	$28,318	—
Construction of buildings	23	8.3	1.09×About typical	83	$61,169	58
Banks and credit unions	21	7.6	2.34×More than typical	290	$57,176	3
Building equipment contractors	21	7.6	1.26×More than typical	71	$62,789	24
Limited-service restaurants	17	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	346	$19,581	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	5.8	1.14×About typical	73	$40,178	38

Rank places for an industry Open Montgomery County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 27,791 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Raymond, Illinois: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

526.5FY2018

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Raymond, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Raymond, Illinois's figures are part of those of Montgomery County, IL ($362.2K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Raymond is mostly in Montgomery County.

See federal money in Montgomery County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Raymond, Illinois is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mary E. MillerR-IL-15 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Montgomery County39100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Montgomery County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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