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Wilmette village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Wilmette village is a Census village of 27,503 people across 5.40 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $190,662, 87.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 27 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $13.2 m.
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Wilmette
What Wilmette is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area5.4 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,092
- County holding the largest share of its areaCook County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilmette
How many people live in Wilmette
- Population27,503
- Median age45.3
- Population under 188,379
- Share under 1830.5 percent
- Population 65 and over5,980
- Share 65 and over21.7 percent
- Households10,287
- Family households7,596
- Share of households that are families73.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilmette
Income and work in Wilmette
- Median household income$190,662
- Per capita income$112,774
- Civilian labor force12,397
- Employed11,874
- Unemployed523 plus or minus 122
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over18,038
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher83.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree49.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilmette
Housing in Wilmette
- Housing units10,679
- Occupied units10,287
- Vacant units392 plus or minus 146
- Vacancy rate3.7 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied9,045
- Renter occupied1,242 plus or minus 253
- Ownership rate87.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$810,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,978
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.4 percent
- Single family units8,713
- Share single family81.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,917
- Share in buildings of two or more18.0 percent
- Mobile homes6 plus or minus 10
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilmette
How Wilmette gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,475
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,714
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,173
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more55.8 percent
- Drove alone41.0 percent
- Carpooled3.4 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Public transport13.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Walked3.1 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home36.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilmette
SBA loans in Wilmette (7(a))
- Approvals27
- Gross approval$13,204,100
- Average approval$489,041
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,500,000
- Largest approval$2,670,000
- Jobs supported495
- Jobs per approval18.3
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full6
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.1 percent
- Share to franchises14.8 percent
- Distinct lenders13
- Distinct industries by NAICS19
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wilmette
SBA loans in Wilmette (504)
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$5,346,000
- Average approval$594,000
- Median approval$496,000
- Largest approval$1,177,000
- Jobs supported73
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wilmette
Flood risk in Wilmette
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170175
- Currently effective map date09/10/21
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cook County, not Wilmette
Cook County context, not Wilmette figures
These are Cook County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wilmette measurements.
- Establishments in Cook County134,513
- Employment at those establishments, Cook County2,492,328
- Covered employment, Cook County2,565,567
- Average annual pay, Cook County$86,931
- Average weekly wage, Cook County$1,672
- Housing units permitted, Cook County6,507
- Of those, single family, Cook County1,142
- County product, 2024, Cook County$546,440,623,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cook County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cook County$91,691
Every figure in this section is published for Cook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wilmette. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Wilmette questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wilmette, Illinois?
27,503, in 10,287 households. Wilmette village covers 5.40 square miles of land, which is 5,092 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wilmette in?
Cook County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Wilmette?
$190,662. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $810,600. Median gross rent is $1,978 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wilmette businesses?
27 7(a) approvals totalling $13.2 m, across 13 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 9 504 approvals worth $5.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wilmette, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wilmette borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wilmette. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Wilmette in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Wilmette appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170175, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Wilmette figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cook County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Wilmette.
Is zoning published for Wilmette?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.