Blanchester vs Wilmington

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

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

Wilmington has the higher population (12,637 vs 4,681 in Blanchester). Wilmington has the higher median household income ($52,661 vs $45,179 in Blanchester). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($162,700 vs $160,200 in Blanchester).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchester	Wilmington
Population	4,681	12,637
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,179	$52,661
Median home value	$160,200	$162,700
Median gross rent	$833	$925
Housing units	1,862	5,880
Homeownership rate	57.9%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchester	Wilmington
Population	4,263 → 4,681 (+9.8%)	12,392 → 12,637 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$39,932 → $45,179 (+13.1%)	$35,833 → $52,661 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $160,200 (+67.2%)	$108,500 → $162,700 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $833 (+16.8%)	$745 → $925 (+24.2%)

Blanchester

Population

4,2634,681

Median household income

$39,932$45,179

Median home value

$95,800$160,200

Median gross rent

$713$833

Wilmington

Population

12,39212,637

Median household income

$35,833$52,661

Median home value

$108,500$162,700

Median gross rent

$745$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchester	Wilmington
Under 5	9.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	15.5%	15.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	9.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.6%
75 and over	7.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchester	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchester	Wilmington
No high school diploma	16.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	52.9%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchester	Wilmington
Drove alone	71.1%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	8.7%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	14.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchester	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	72.8%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	14.2%
20 or more units	5.4%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Blanchester	Wilmington
Poverty rate	18.7%	21.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1962	1975