Burbank vs Wilmette

A side-by-side comparison of Burbank and Wilmette: population, income, housing, and more.

Burbank and Wilmette are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burbank has the higher population (28,822 vs 27,550 in Wilmette). Wilmette has the higher median household income ($192,300 vs $83,975 in Burbank). Wilmette has the higher median home value ($802,200 vs $258,900 in Burbank).

Population, income & housing

	Burbank	Wilmette
Population	28,822	27,550
Median age	38.2 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,975	$192,300
Median home value	$258,900	$802,200
Median gross rent	$1,241	$1,968
Housing units	10,012	10,730
Homeownership rate	80.2%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	84.6%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burbank	Wilmette
Population	28,729 → 28,822 (+0.3%)	27,247 → 27,550 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$62,573 → $83,975 (+34.2%)	$164,681 → $192,300 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$192,600 → $258,900 (+34.4%)	$707,800 → $802,200 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,108 → $1,241 (+12.0%)	$1,484 → $1,968 (+32.6%)

Burbank

Population

28,72928,822

Median household income

$62,573$83,975

Median home value

$192,600$258,900

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,241

Wilmette

Population

27,24727,550

Median household income

$164,681$192,300

Median home value

$707,800$802,200

Median gross rent

$1,484$1,968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burbank	Wilmette
Under 5	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	24.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	4.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	17.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.8%
75 and over	5.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burbank	Wilmette
White (non-Hispanic)	44.4%	78.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	11.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	49.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burbank	Wilmette
No high school diploma	20.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	37.2%	5.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	50.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burbank	Wilmette
Drove alone	75.8%	42.8%
Carpooled	13.5%	3.4%
Public transit	3.0%	16.4%
Walked	1.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.5%	32.0%
Other means	0.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burbank	Wilmette
1-unit, detached	80.1%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Burbank	Wilmette
Poverty rate	10.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.96	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1965	1956