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SheetOH-WILMINGTON-OH · Wilmington, OH 12,637 pop · income 24th pct · 10 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Wilmington
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Wilmington on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Greenville · lowest
46,664
Greenville · lowest
46,664 median HH income
38.2% of the leader · rank #1
Milo · near
52,660
Milo · near
52,660 median HH income
43.1% of the leader · rank #2
Wilmington · this city
52,661
Wilmington · this city
52,661 median HH income
43.1% of the leader · rank #3
Mariposa · near
52,661
Mariposa · near
52,661 median HH income
43.1% of the leader · rank #4
Howard City · near
52,663
Howard City · near
52,663 median HH income
43.1% of the leader · rank #5
Beulah Valley · near
52,664
Beulah Valley · near
52,664 median HH income
43.1% of the leader · rank #6
Minooka · highest
122,163
Minooka · highest
122,163 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Wilmington on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 12,637.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Wilmington places in the 24th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
24th
percentile, household income
31st
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Wilmington, OH
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 12,637 residents in Wilmington, a small town within Ohio. Median household income here is $52,661 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 19.5%. Typical homes in Wilmington are valued around $162,700, and the median resident age is 36.7 years. 23.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 55.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 62 residential building permits were authorized in Wilmington (Building Boom), up 464% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 51.9°F with 43.2 inches of precipitation per year and 22.8 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Ohio scores 92.8 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,092 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Ohio's average monthly utility costs around $228 (state average). Commute times here average 16.9 minutes, with 79.8% driving alone and 4.4% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Wilmington's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to housing and income to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to within-city variation to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Wilmington, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Wilmington?
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Wickliffe (12,639 residents, $79,052 income); Fostoria (12,671 residents, $52,943 income); Greenville (12,748 residents, $46,664 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sedro-Woolley, WA (12,633 residents); Diamond Springs, CA (12,642 residents); Minooka, IL (12,632 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Is Wilmington growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +140 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 62 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Wilmington?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 19.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What can 10 Census tracts reveal inside Wilmington?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 10 Census tracts to this city.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Wilmington?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 16.9 minutes.
Public transit
0.3%
Work from home
4.4%
Drive alone
79.8%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 5,498 workers age 16+.
What physical conditions frame life in Wilmington?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 51.9°F, with 43.2 inches of precipitation and 22.8 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Ohio is 55.0 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
51.9°F
Annual precipitation
43.2 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
55.0
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What does the education layer cover for Wilmington?
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 23.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
6
Bachelor's degree+
23.7%
Poverty estimate
19.5%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B+
92.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$52,661
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
19.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Wilmington profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 45/100 (D) · 23.7%
Household income: 24/100 (F) · $52,661
Poverty rate: 14/100 (F) · 19.5%
How does Wilmington compare to other US cities?
Here's how Wilmington stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income24% higher than other cities
Home value31% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Wilmington against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Ohio only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Ohio-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Wilmington near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Wilmington ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Wilmington only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#856 of 1,145
25th percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#474 of 1,164
59th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#150 of 1,196
87th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#434 of 1,196
63rd percentile in Ohio
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Ohio only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
24th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Wilmington's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$162,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 69% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Wilmington's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,141 of 15,516
More affordable than 54% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,031 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.1×, Wilmington sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,141 of 15,516 and #1,031 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$52,661Wilmington, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Wilmington, OH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Wilmington, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)19.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
12,637
Median Income
$52,661
Median Home Value
$162,700
Median Age
36.7
Poverty Rate
19.5%
Labor force participation
55.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.7%
Climate
Avg Temperature
51.9°F
Annual Precipitation
43.2"
Annual Snowfall
22.8"
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Wilmington's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
12,662 residents
2021
12,675 residents
2022
12,589 residents
2023
12,601 residents
2024
12,677 residents
2025
12,802 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
62
housing units authorized
Single-Family
57
detached homes
Multifamily
5
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
11
11
0
$1.9M
2020
12
12
0
$2.0M
2021
37
5
32
$2.7M
2022
45
5
40
$3.4M
2023
43
3
40
$3.0M
2024
62
57
5
$10.7M
Permit volume increased 464% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
16.9 minutes
Drive Alone
79.8%
Carpool
7.1%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
4.8%
Work from Home
4.4%
Other
3.6%
Based on 5,498 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Ohio statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $228
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Ohio at $228 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Ohio statewide averages, not a meter reading for Wilmington. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Ohio's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.8 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Wilmington is $1,092/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Ohio statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Ohio statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Wilmington sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Wilmington compares to similar-size Ohio cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.