Ritchie vs Wilton Center

A side-by-side comparison of Ritchie and Wilton Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilton Center has the higher population (141 vs 125 in Ritchie). Ritchie has the higher median home value ($303,300 vs $268,400 in Wilton Center). Since 2019, Wilton Center's population has grown faster (+11.0% vs -23.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Ritchie	Wilton Center
Population	125	141
Median age	41.1 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$93,571
Median home value	$303,300	$268,400
Housing units	54	46
Homeownership rate	87.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ritchie	Wilton Center
Population	164 → 125 (-23.8%)	127 → 141 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$54,402 → $62,143 (+14.2%)	$91,500 → $93,571 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $303,300 (+87.6%)	$218,200 → $268,400 (+23.0%)

Ritchie

Population

164125

Median household income

$54,402$62,143

Median home value

$161,700$303,300

Wilton Center

Population

127141

Median household income

$91,500$93,571

Median home value

$218,200$268,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ritchie	Wilton Center
Under 5	9.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	36.0%	19.1%
35 to 44	6.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	28.0%	26.2%
65 to 74	4.0%	16.3%
75 and over	0.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ritchie	Wilton Center
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ritchie	Wilton Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	53.7%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ritchie	Wilton Center
Drove alone	81.4%	83.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ritchie	Wilton Center
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ritchie	Wilton Center
Poverty rate	5.6%	14.9%
Average household size	2.31	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	38
Median year structure built	1948	1961