Atwater vs Raymond

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

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

Atwater has the higher population (1,217 vs 771 in Raymond). Atwater has the higher median household income ($66,071 vs $62,308 in Raymond). Raymond has the higher median home value ($146,000 vs $144,300 in Atwater).

Population, income & housing

	Atwater	Raymond
Population	1,217	771
Median age	31.7 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,071	$62,308
Median home value	$144,300	$146,000
Median gross rent	$736	$959
Housing units	451	349
Homeownership rate	79.5%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwater	Raymond
Population	1,014 → 1,217 (+20.0%)	816 → 771 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$54,926 → $66,071 (+20.3%)	$66,071 → $62,308 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $144,300 (+51.7%)	$97,600 → $146,000 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $736 (+4.5%)	$700 → $959 (+37.0%)

Atwater

Population

1,0141,217

Median household income

$54,926$66,071

Median home value

$95,100$144,300

Median gross rent

$704$736

Raymond

Population

816771

Median household income

$66,071$62,308

Median home value

$97,600$146,000

Median gross rent

$700$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwater	Raymond
Under 5	5.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	28.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	18.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	4.9%	8.4%
75 and over	5.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwater	Raymond
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	9.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwater	Raymond
No high school diploma	2.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	40.2%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwater	Raymond
Drove alone	87.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.4%
Other means	2.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwater	Raymond
1-unit, detached	80.5%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Atwater	Raymond
Poverty rate	4.9%	18.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1973	1971