Best PlacesRaymond, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Raymond, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Raymond ranks 3,035th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Raymond
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Raymond's strengths and weaknesses
Where Raymond ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Household income$114,397 median, better than 91% of towns
Where Raymond ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 26% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Raymond
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Raymond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $114,397, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Raymond's effective rate of 1.17%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Raymond
Raymond runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Raymond.
Who works in Raymond, and how
Work in Raymond centers on manufacturing and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Raymond
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Raymond.
What the weather is like in Raymond, month by month
Raymond sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Raymond
John Glenn Columbus International sits about 37 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 94 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Raymond
Schools across Raymond average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Union Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Raymond Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Creekview Intermediate Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- North Union Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Marysville High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- North Union High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Raymond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Raymond measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Raymond against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Raymond
Is Raymond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Raymond ranks 3,035th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cheap car insurance, and what local pay buys, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Raymond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $348,536. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $114,397 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Raymond safe?
Raymond is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $336 per resident a year.
Compare Raymond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Raymond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Raymond represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Raymond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Raymond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Raymond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Raymond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Raymond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Raymond detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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