Wilmington vs Winchester

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

Wilmington and Winchester 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 22,862 in Winchester). Winchester has the higher median household income ($218,176 vs $161,473 in Wilmington). Winchester has the higher median home value ($1,181,700 vs $646,200 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Wilmington	Winchester
Population	23,195	22,862
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$161,473	$218,176
Median home value	$646,200	$1,181,700
Median gross rent	$2,412	$2,271
Housing units	8,032	8,283
Homeownership rate	86.9%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	78.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wilmington	Winchester
Population	23,377 → 23,195 (-0.8%)	22,738 → 22,862 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$125,922 → $161,473 (+28.2%)	$169,623 → $218,176 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$473,800 → $646,200 (+36.4%)	$943,800 → $1,181,700 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,981 → $2,412 (+21.8%)	$1,900 → $2,271 (+19.5%)

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

Winchester

Population

22,73822,862

Median household income

$169,623$218,176

Median home value

$943,800$1,181,700

Median gross rent

$1,900$2,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wilmington	Winchester
Under 5	5.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	22.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.1%
75 and over	5.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wilmington	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	71.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.3%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wilmington	Winchester
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	24.2%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	50.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wilmington	Winchester
Drove alone	71.2%	52.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.4%
Public transit	3.7%	7.1%
Walked	0.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	31.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wilmington	Winchester
1-unit, detached	83.6%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.2%
20 or more units	3.4%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Wilmington	Winchester
Poverty rate	3.0%	3.9%
Average household size	2.92	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1978	1954