Glasgow vs Wilmington

A side-by-side comparison of Glasgow and Wilmington: population, income, housing, and more.

Glasgow and Wilmington are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wilmington has the higher population (71,124 vs 16,095 in Glasgow). Glasgow has the higher median household income ($109,803 vs $55,269 in Wilmington). Glasgow has the higher median home value ($346,200 vs $224,500 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Glasgow	Wilmington
Population	16,095	71,124
Median age	42.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$109,803	$55,269
Median home value	$346,200	$224,500
Median gross rent	$1,821	$1,187
Housing units	5,760	35,772
Homeownership rate	85.9%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glasgow	Wilmington
Population	14,359 → 16,095 (+12.1%)	70,644 → 71,124 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$93,209 → $109,803 (+17.8%)	$45,032 → $55,269 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$274,000 → $346,200 (+26.4%)	$168,000 → $224,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,377 → $1,821 (+32.2%)	$1,001 → $1,187 (+18.6%)

Glasgow

Population

14,35916,095

Median household income

$93,209$109,803

Median home value

$274,000$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,377$1,821

Wilmington

Population

70,64471,124

Median household income

$45,032$55,269

Median home value

$168,000$224,500

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glasgow	Wilmington
Under 5	7.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	17.9%
35 to 44	16.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.5%
75 and over	4.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glasgow	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	29.6%
Black or African American	25.9%	51.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glasgow	Wilmington
No high school diploma	2.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	27.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glasgow	Wilmington
Drove alone	78.8%	62.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.6%	8.4%
Walked	0.3%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.7%
Worked from home	13.7%	14.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glasgow	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	63.7%	9.3%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	53.9%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	18.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Glasgow	Wilmington
Poverty rate	7.0%	23.2%
Average household size	2.85	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1993	1946