Lansing vs Wilmette

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

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

Lansing has the higher population (28,415 vs 27,550 in Wilmette). Wilmette has the higher median household income ($192,300 vs $71,805 in Lansing). Wilmette has the higher median home value ($802,200 vs $168,500 in Lansing).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Wilmette
Population	28,415	27,550
Median age	40.1 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,805	$192,300
Median home value	$168,500	$802,200
Median gross rent	$1,271	$1,968
Housing units	12,081	10,730
Homeownership rate	69.8%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	84.6%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Wilmette
Population	27,904 → 28,415 (+1.8%)	27,247 → 27,550 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$53,940 → $71,805 (+33.1%)	$164,681 → $192,300 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $168,500 (+29.7%)	$707,800 → $802,200 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,271 (+26.6%)	$1,484 → $1,968 (+32.6%)

Lansing

Population

27,90428,415

Median household income

$53,940$71,805

Median home value

$129,900$168,500

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,271

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)

	Lansing	Wilmette
Under 5	3.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	24.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	4.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	17.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.8%
75 and over	6.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Wilmette
White (non-Hispanic)	25.2%	78.3%
Black or African American	51.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	11.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Wilmette
No high school diploma	7.1%	1.3%
High school graduate	29.6%	5.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	50.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Wilmette
Drove alone	78.4%	42.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.4%
Public transit	3.3%	16.4%
Walked	1.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.5%	32.0%
Other means	2.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Wilmette
1-unit, detached	71.5%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	6.5%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Wilmette
Poverty rate	16.0%	3.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1966	1956