Evansdale vs Raymond

A side-by-side comparison of Evansdale and Raymond: population, income, housing, and more.

Evansdale and Raymond are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Evansdale has the higher population (4,530 vs 843 in Raymond). Raymond has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $57,415 in Evansdale). Raymond has the higher median home value ($210,400 vs $138,200 in Evansdale).

Population, income & housing

	Evansdale	Raymond
Population	4,530	843
Median age	38.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,415	$62,813
Median home value	$138,200	$210,400
Median gross rent	$945	$1,125
Housing units	2,224	320
Homeownership rate	62.4%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansdale	Raymond
Population	4,765 → 4,530 (-4.9%)	691 → 843 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$49,786 → $57,415 (+15.3%)	$70,156 → $62,813 (-10.5%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $138,200 (+16.3%)	$182,100 → $210,400 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $945 (+16.2%)	$486 → $1,125 (+131.5%)

Evansdale

Population

4,7654,530

Median household income

$49,786$57,415

Median home value

$118,800$138,200

Median gross rent

$813$945

Raymond

Population

691843

Median household income

$70,156$62,813

Median home value

$182,100$210,400

Median gross rent

$486$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evansdale	Raymond
Under 5	2.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	15.7%	14.1%
75 and over	4.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansdale	Raymond
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	96.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansdale	Raymond
No high school diploma	12.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	46.7%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansdale	Raymond
Drove alone	88.1%	77.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansdale	Raymond
1-unit, detached	79.5%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Evansdale	Raymond
Poverty rate	20.7%	2.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1962	1971