Crete vs Wilmington

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

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

Crete has the higher population (8,382 vs 5,507 in Wilmington). Crete has the higher median household income ($97,984 vs $63,514 in Wilmington). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($216,400 vs $209,100 in Crete).

Population, income & housing

	Crete	Wilmington
Population	8,382	5,507
Median age	49.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,984	$63,514
Median home value	$209,100	$216,400
Median gross rent	$1,283	$897
Housing units	3,449	2,379
Homeownership rate	89.8%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crete	Wilmington
Population	8,118 → 8,382 (+3.3%)	6,030 → 5,507 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $97,984 (+23.4%)	$56,267 → $63,514 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$171,200 → $209,100 (+22.1%)	$168,500 → $216,400 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,283 (+17.3%)	$877 → $897 (+2.3%)

Crete

Population

8,1188,382

Median household income

$79,375$97,984

Median home value

$171,200$209,100

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,283

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)

	Crete	Wilmington
Under 5	3.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.5%	9.1%
75 and over	10.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crete	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	84.9%
Black or African American	34.3%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crete	Wilmington
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	28.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crete	Wilmington
Drove alone	80.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.7%
Public transit	1.4%	1.8%
Walked	1.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	5.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crete	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	83.6%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Crete	Wilmington
Poverty rate	8.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1976	1973