University Park vs Wilmington

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

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

University Park has the higher population (7,109 vs 5,507 in Wilmington). University Park has the higher median household income ($65,580 vs $63,514 in Wilmington). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($216,400 vs $137,800 in University Park).

Population, income & housing

	University Park	Wilmington
Population	7,109	5,507
Median age	32.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,580	$63,514
Median home value	$137,800	$216,400
Median gross rent	$1,530	$897
Housing units	2,576	2,379
Homeownership rate	61.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	University Park	Wilmington
Population	6,947 → 7,109 (+2.3%)	6,030 → 5,507 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$52,250 → $65,580 (+25.5%)	$56,267 → $63,514 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$124,100 → $137,800 (+11.0%)	$168,500 → $216,400 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,530 (+56.4%)	$877 → $897 (+2.3%)

University Park

Population

6,9477,109

Median household income

$52,250$65,580

Median home value

$124,100$137,800

Median gross rent

$978$1,530

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)

	University Park	Wilmington
Under 5	9.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	13.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	5.6%	9.1%
75 and over	4.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	University Park	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	8.9%	84.9%
Black or African American	82.1%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	University Park	Wilmington
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	University Park	Wilmington
Drove alone	70.8%	82.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.7%
Public transit	4.7%	1.8%
Walked	1.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.2%
Other means	8.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	University Park	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	42.9%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	10.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	University Park	Wilmington
Poverty rate	14.5%	11.3%
Average household size	3.02	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1976	1973