Symerton vs Wilton Center

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

Symerton 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 113 in Symerton). Symerton has the higher median household income ($100,500 vs $93,571 in Wilton Center). Wilton Center has the higher median home value ($268,400 vs $208,300 in Symerton).

Population, income & housing

	Symerton	Wilton Center
Population	113	141
Median age	30.8 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,500	$93,571
Median home value	$208,300	$268,400
Housing units	42	46
Homeownership rate	97.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Symerton	Wilton Center
Population	101 → 113 (+11.9%)	127 → 141 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$72,917 → $100,500 (+37.8%)	$91,500 → $93,571 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $208,300 (+58.6%)	$218,200 → $268,400 (+23.0%)

Symerton

Population

101113

Median household income

$72,917$100,500

Median home value

$131,300$208,300

Wilton Center

Population

127141

Median household income

$91,500$93,571

Median home value

$218,200$268,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Symerton	Wilton Center
Under 5	8.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	27.4%	19.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	7.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	26.2%
65 to 74	1.8%	16.3%
75 and over	2.7%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Symerton	Wilton Center
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	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	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Symerton	Wilton Center
No high school diploma	2.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	58.9%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Symerton	Wilton Center
Drove alone	82.5%	83.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	11.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Symerton	Wilton Center
1-unit, detached	85.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	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

	Symerton	Wilton Center
Poverty rate	3.5%	14.9%
Average household size	2.69	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1946	1961