Raymond is a

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(CDP) and the main village in the

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, Rockingham County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 3,738 at the 2020 census, out of 10,684 in the entire town.

Geography

The CDP is in the eastern part of the town of Raymond, on both sides of the

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. The eastern border of the CDP is the Epping and Fremont town line. The northern border follows Ham Road, Harriman Hill Road, Lakeview Road, and Governor Drive. Turning south, the border crosses the southern end of Governors Lake and follows the lake outlet and Smith Pond Road to Long Hill Road, which it follows northwest to Dudley Brook, then south to the Lamprey River. The western border follows the Lamprey and an unnamed brook south to Cider Ferry Road, then runs south on Old Manchester Road to Batchelder Road, which forms the southern boundary of the CDP. The border turns south on

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(Fremont Road) to Prescott Road, which it follows east to the Fremont town line. The

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freeway crosses the CDP south of the village center, with access from Exits 4 (Old Manchester Road) and 5 (New Hampshire Routes 102 and 107). Route 101 leads east to

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and west to

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. Route 27, the former alignment of Route 101, runs through the northern part of the CDP, leading east to Epping and west to

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. Route 102 has its northern terminus in Raymond and leads southwest to

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. Route 156 has its southern terminus in Raymond and leads north to

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. Route 107 follows Routes 27 and 102 through the CDP but leads northwest to Deerfield and southeast the same distance to

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. According to the

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, the Raymond CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.41%, are water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,855 people, 1,192 households, and 783 families residing in the CDP. There were 1,313 housing units, of which 121, or 9.2%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.9%

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, 0.7%

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, 0.2% Native American, 0.5%

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n, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.3% some other race, and 1.4% from two or more races. 1.6% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. Of the 1,192 households in the CDP, 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were headed by married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40, and the average family size was 2.85. 20.9% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 8.4% were from age 18 to 24, 28.6% were from 25 to 44, 29.1% were from 45 to 64, and 13.0% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $60,313, and the median income for a family was $76,610. The

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for the CDP was $28,216. 13.0% of the population and 5.6% of families were below the poverty line, along with 11.1% of people under the age of 18 and 13.4% of people 65 or older.

References

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