Gardner vs South Wilmington

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

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

Gardner has the higher population (1,319 vs 558 in South Wilmington). South Wilmington has the higher median household income ($86,563 vs $82,125 in Gardner). Gardner has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $164,900 in South Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	South Wilmington
Population	1,319	558
Median age	38.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,125	$86,563
Median home value	$183,300	$164,900
Median gross rent	$1,024	$1,188
Housing units	524	259
Homeownership rate	77.1%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	South Wilmington
Population	1,334 → 1,319 (-1.1%)	761 → 558 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $82,125 (+20.2%)	$75,417 → $86,563 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$138,000 → $183,300 (+32.8%)	$127,800 → $164,900 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,024 (+8.5%)	$925 → $1,188 (+28.4%)

Gardner

Population

1,3341,319

Median household income

$68,333$82,125

Median home value

$138,000$183,300

Median gross rent

$944$1,024

South Wilmington

Population

761558

Median household income

$75,417$86,563

Median home value

$127,800$164,900

Median gross rent

$925$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardner	South Wilmington
Under 5	5.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.8%
75 and over	7.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	South Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	South Wilmington
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.9%
High school graduate	45.4%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	South Wilmington
Drove alone	95.7%	94.0%
Carpooled	2.2%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	4.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	South Wilmington
1-unit, detached	79.4%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	South Wilmington
Poverty rate	15.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.82	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1967	1963