Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Raymond, WI

Raymond is a village in Racine County that existed as a town for well over a century before its residents voted in 2019 to convert it into a village.

The switch was made possible by a special state law passed in response to disruption from the promised Foxconn development nearby, and village status protects Raymond from annexation by neighboring municipalities and gives it more control over development.

Raymond is village in name but farmland in character: it covers about 35.6 square miles of Racine County countryside, so its 3,926 residents at the 2020 census amount to only about 110 people per square mile.

At the 2000 census the then-town had 3,516 people living in 1,245 households, with a roomy average household size of 2.82 people.

Within Raymond's borders lie the unincorporated communities of Kneeland and Raymond, parts of North Cape and Union Church, and the ghost town site of Raymond Center.

Reflecting its new status, the young village hired its first-ever village administrator in 2023, a role that absorbed the duties of the former town clerk.

Raymond shares its postal identity with its neighbors — parts of the village use the Franksville ZIP code 53126 and the rest the Caledonia ZIP code 53108 — and recent Census surveys put its median resident age at about 50 years, well above the state median.