Niles vs Wilmette

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

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

Niles has the higher population (30,262 vs 27,550 in Wilmette). Wilmette has the higher median household income ($192,300 vs $78,563 in Niles). Wilmette has the higher median home value ($802,200 vs $350,900 in Niles).

Population, income & housing

	Niles	Wilmette
Population	30,262	27,550
Median age	47.6 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,563	$192,300
Median home value	$350,900	$802,200
Median gross rent	$1,247	$1,968
Housing units	11,808	10,730
Homeownership rate	76.6%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	84.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niles	Wilmette
Population	29,451 → 30,262 (+2.8%)	27,247 → 27,550 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$64,772 → $78,563 (+21.3%)	$164,681 → $192,300 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$284,400 → $350,900 (+23.4%)	$707,800 → $802,200 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,247 (+9.3%)	$1,484 → $1,968 (+32.6%)

Niles

Population

29,45130,262

Median household income

$64,772$78,563

Median home value

$284,400$350,900

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,247

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)

	Niles	Wilmette
Under 5	4.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	24.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	4.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	17.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.8%
75 and over	13.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niles	Wilmette
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	78.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	20.3%	11.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niles	Wilmette
No high school diploma	11.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	25.1%	5.2%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	50.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niles	Wilmette
Drove alone	71.0%	42.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	3.4%
Public transit	4.6%	16.4%
Walked	0.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.9%	32.0%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niles	Wilmette
1-unit, detached	53.5%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	22.1%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Niles	Wilmette
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1965	1956