Mazon vs South Wilmington

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

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

Mazon has the higher population (1,424 vs 558 in South Wilmington). South Wilmington has the higher median household income ($86,563 vs $76,458 in Mazon). Mazon has the higher median home value ($203,100 vs $164,900 in South Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Mazon	South Wilmington
Population	1,424	558
Median age	32.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,458	$86,563
Median home value	$203,100	$164,900
Median gross rent	$940	$1,188
Housing units	518	259
Homeownership rate	78.5%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mazon	South Wilmington
Population	1,145 → 1,424 (+24.4%)	761 → 558 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$57,461 → $76,458 (+33.1%)	$75,417 → $86,563 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $203,100 (+34.4%)	$127,800 → $164,900 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $940 (-3.0%)	$925 → $1,188 (+28.4%)

Mazon

Population

1,1451,424

Median household income

$57,461$76,458

Median home value

$151,100$203,100

Median gross rent

$969$940

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)

	Mazon	South Wilmington
Under 5	7.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	6.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.8%
75 and over	6.4%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mazon	South Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mazon	South Wilmington
No high school diploma	9.7%	8.9%
High school graduate	34.3%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mazon	South Wilmington
Drove alone	92.9%	94.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	1.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mazon	South Wilmington
1-unit, detached	80.1%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mazon	South Wilmington
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.87	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1975	1963