Stoneham vs Wilmington

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

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

Wilmington has the higher population (23,195 vs 22,986 in Stoneham). Wilmington has the higher median household income ($161,473 vs $112,635 in Stoneham). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($646,200 vs $629,000 in Stoneham).

Population, income & housing

	Stoneham	Wilmington
Population	22,986	23,195
Median age	42.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$112,635	$161,473
Median home value	$629,000	$646,200
Median gross rent	$1,878	$2,412
Housing units	9,832	8,032
Homeownership rate	71.1%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stoneham	Wilmington
Population	23,223 → 22,986 (-1.0%)	23,377 → 23,195 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$101,549 → $112,635 (+10.9%)	$125,922 → $161,473 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$494,600 → $629,000 (+27.2%)	$473,800 → $646,200 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,483 → $1,878 (+26.6%)	$1,981 → $2,412 (+21.8%)

Stoneham

Population

23,22322,986

Median household income

$101,549$112,635

Median home value

$494,600$629,000

Median gross rent

$1,483$1,878

Wilmington

Population

23,37723,195

Median household income

$125,922$161,473

Median home value

$473,800$646,200

Median gross rent

$1,981$2,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stoneham	Wilmington
Under 5	6.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.2%
75 and over	9.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stoneham	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stoneham	Wilmington
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	23.5%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stoneham	Wilmington
Drove alone	70.5%	71.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.2%
Public transit	4.1%	3.7%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.7%	17.9%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stoneham	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	54.1%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	6.7%
20 or more units	20.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Stoneham	Wilmington
Poverty rate	4.6%	3.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1965	1978