Peotone vs Wilmington

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

Peotone 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 4,462 in Peotone). Peotone has the higher median household income ($104,792 vs $63,514 in Wilmington). Peotone has the higher median home value ($261,400 vs $216,400 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Peotone	Wilmington
Population	4,462	5,507
Median age	39.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,792	$63,514
Median home value	$261,400	$216,400
Median gross rent	$1,102	$897
Housing units	1,622	2,379
Homeownership rate	70.8%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peotone	Wilmington
Population	4,331 → 4,462 (+3.0%)	6,030 → 5,507 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$83,651 → $104,792 (+25.3%)	$56,267 → $63,514 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$191,600 → $261,400 (+36.4%)	$168,500 → $216,400 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,102 (+19.0%)	$877 → $897 (+2.3%)

Peotone

Population

4,3314,462

Median household income

$83,651$104,792

Median home value

$191,600$261,400

Median gross rent

$926$1,102

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)

	Peotone	Wilmington
Under 5	3.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	13.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.1%
75 and over	3.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peotone	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peotone	Wilmington
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	29.7%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peotone	Wilmington
Drove alone	76.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.7%
Public transit	1.9%	1.8%
Walked	2.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peotone	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	75.6%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Peotone	Wilmington
Poverty rate	3.3%	11.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1977	1973