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Wilmington city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Wilmington city is a Census city of 5,494 people across 14.04 square miles of land, in Will County. Median household income is $66,154, 64.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.3 m.
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Wilmington
What Wilmington is
- Census place typecity
- Land area14.04 sq mi
- Water area0.72 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land391
- County holding the largest share of its areaWill 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.
Wilmington
How many people live in Wilmington
- Population5,494
- Median age40.3
- Population under 181,123 plus or minus 225
- Share under 1820.4 percent
- Population 65 and over1,152 plus or minus 236
- Share 65 and over21.0 percent
- Households2,296
- Family households1,265
- Share of households that are families55.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilmington
Income and work in Wilmington
- Median household income$66,154
- Per capita income$34,682
- Civilian labor force2,768
- Employed2,639
- Unemployed129 plus or minus 75
- Unemployment rate4.7 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over3,902
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.7 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Wilmington
- Housing units2,403
- Occupied units2,296
- Vacant units107 plus or minus 79
- Vacancy rate4.5 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Owner occupied1,479
- Renter occupied817 plus or minus 170
- Ownership rate64.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$223,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$888 plus or minus $309
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.1 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Single family units1,805
- Share single family75.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more570 plus or minus 176
- Share in buildings of two or more23.7 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes12 plus or minus 19
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilmington
How Wilmington gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,445
- Commuting under 15 minutes952 plus or minus 232
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.9 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more804 plus or minus 168
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.9 percent
- Drove alone86.6 percent
- Carpooled3.6 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Public transport2.1 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home4.7 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilmington
SBA 7(a) lending to Wilmington borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$2,312,000
- Average approval$462,400
- Median approval$373,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,305,000
- Largest approval$1,305,000
- Jobs supported61
- Jobs per approval12.2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Wilmington
SBA 504 lending to Wilmington borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$6,315,000
- Average approval$1,263,000
- Median approval$412,000
- Largest approval$4,725,000
- Jobs supported64
- Loans with a final outcome1
- 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.
Wilmington
Flood programme status in Wilmington
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170715
- Currently effective map date02/15/19
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.
Will County, not Wilmington
Will County context, not Wilmington figures
These are Will County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wilmington measurements.
- Establishments in Will County17,085
- Employment at those establishments, Will County267,545
- Covered employment, Will County263,673
- Average annual pay, Will County$60,570
- Average weekly wage, Will County$1,165
- Housing units permitted, Will County2,002
- Of those, single family, Will County1,464
- County product, 2024, Will County$50,332,938,000
- County product change over the prior year, Will County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Will County$80,186
Every figure in this section is published for Will County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wilmington. 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
Wilmington questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wilmington, Illinois?
5,494, in 2,296 households. Wilmington city covers 14.04 square miles of land, which is 391 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wilmington in?
Will 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 Wilmington?
$66,154. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $223,800. Median gross rent is $888 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wilmington businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $2.3 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $373,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $6.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wilmington, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wilmington borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wilmington. only 0 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 Wilmington in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Wilmington appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170715, 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 Wilmington figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Will 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 Wilmington.
Is zoning published for Wilmington?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.