Beecher vs Wilmington

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

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

Wilmington has the higher population (5,507 vs 4,837 in Beecher). Beecher has the higher median household income ($101,957 vs $63,514 in Wilmington). Beecher has the higher median home value ($241,400 vs $216,400 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher	Wilmington
Population	4,837	5,507
Median age	39.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,957	$63,514
Median home value	$241,400	$216,400
Median gross rent	$1,065	$897
Housing units	2,016	2,379
Homeownership rate	82.5%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher	Wilmington
Population	4,527 → 4,837 (+6.8%)	6,030 → 5,507 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$82,222 → $101,957 (+24.0%)	$56,267 → $63,514 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$181,200 → $241,400 (+33.2%)	$168,500 → $216,400 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,065 (+19.9%)	$877 → $897 (+2.3%)

Beecher

Population

4,5274,837

Median household income

$82,222$101,957

Median home value

$181,200$241,400

Median gross rent

$888$1,065

Wilmington

Population

6,0305,507

Median household income

$56,267$63,514

Median home value

$168,500$216,400

Median gross rent

$877$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher	Wilmington
Under 5	5.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.1%
75 and over	7.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher	Wilmington
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	40.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher	Wilmington
Drove alone	77.4%	82.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.6%	1.8%
Walked	1.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	73.7%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	10.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Beecher	Wilmington
Poverty rate	2.7%	11.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1994	1973