New Wilmington vs Oakwood

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

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

New Wilmington has the higher population (2,291 vs 2,263 in Oakwood). Oakwood has the higher median household income ($72,273 vs $57,159 in New Wilmington). New Wilmington has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $112,500 in Oakwood).

Population, income & housing

	New Wilmington	Oakwood
Population	2,291	2,263
Median age	21.6 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,159	$72,273
Median home value	$204,300	$112,500
Median gross rent	$888	$1,261
Housing units	572	964
Homeownership rate	53.3%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Wilmington	Oakwood
Population	2,186 → 2,291 (+4.8%)	2,233 → 2,263 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$63,333 → $57,159 (-9.7%)	$50,461 → $72,273 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $204,300 (+17.5%)	$85,700 → $112,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $888 (+11.0%)	$778 → $1,261 (+62.1%)

New Wilmington

Population

2,1862,291

Median household income

$63,333$57,159

Median home value

$173,800$204,300

Median gross rent

$800$888

Oakwood

Population

2,2332,263

Median household income

$50,461$72,273

Median home value

$85,700$112,500

Median gross rent

$778$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Wilmington	Oakwood
Under 5	1.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	52.9%	2.2%
25 to 34	2.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	4.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	6.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	12.2%
75 and over	10.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Wilmington	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	89.5%
Black or African American	7.9%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Wilmington	Oakwood
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	28.7%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Wilmington	Oakwood
Drove alone	64.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	20.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Wilmington	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	60.3%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	New Wilmington	Oakwood
Poverty rate	9.7%	9.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1953	1958