Raymond vs Willmar

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

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

Willmar has the higher population (21,136 vs 771 in Raymond). Willmar has the higher median household income ($63,368 vs $62,308 in Raymond). Willmar has the higher median home value ($186,000 vs $146,000 in Raymond).

Population, income & housing

	Raymond	Willmar
Population	771	21,136
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,308	$63,368
Median home value	$146,000	$186,000
Median gross rent	$959	$830
Housing units	349	8,880
Homeownership rate	67.8%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raymond	Willmar
Population	816 → 771 (-5.5%)	19,712 → 21,136 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$66,071 → $62,308 (-5.7%)	$47,826 → $63,368 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $146,000 (+49.6%)	$133,000 → $186,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $959 (+37.0%)	$785 → $830 (+5.7%)

Raymond

Population

816771

Median household income

$66,071$62,308

Median home value

$97,600$146,000

Median gross rent

$700$959

Willmar

Population

19,71221,136

Median household income

$47,826$63,368

Median home value

$133,000$186,000

Median gross rent

$785$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Raymond	Willmar
Under 5	6.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	18.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	8.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.3%
75 and over	9.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raymond	Willmar
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	59.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	9.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raymond	Willmar
No high school diploma	11.4%	14.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raymond	Willmar
Drove alone	81.3%	75.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	3.4%	7.2%
Other means	2.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raymond	Willmar
1-unit, detached	81.9%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Raymond	Willmar
Poverty rate	18.1%	15.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	13
Median year structure built	1971	1976