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Wilmington town, Middlesex County, MA

23,336 Population
17 square miles 1,374.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$63,071 ±$4,007 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $69,556 ±$581
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$168,152 ±$19,029 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Middlesex County: $130,847 ±$1,164
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

3.8% ±1.5% (880  ±335) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 122,596 (±0.3% / ±4,532)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

30.3 minutes ±1.9 (305,215  ±30,225) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 29.9 20,027,116 (±0.2 / ±201,745)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

7,926 ±371 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 634,215 ±1,681
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.9 ±0.1 (23,099  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,578,949 (±0 / ±254)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

2.3% ±1.1% (116  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,523 (±0.3% / ±1,052)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

8,077 ±381 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 664,267 ±238
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$680,500 ±$19,378 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Middlesex County: $727,800 ±$3,891
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

4.5% ±1.2% (1,051  ±278.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Middlesex County: 12.8% 207,868 (±0.4% / ±5,782)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97% ±4.3% (15,514  ±931.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.2% 1,081,524 (±0.7% / ±7,546)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
50.4% ±3.4% (8,058  ±630.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 59.5% 690,381 (±0.5% / ±5,529.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.7% ±1.5% (1,570  ±358) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Middlesex County: 23.1% 378,142
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

5% ±1.3% (891  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 43,892 (±0.1% / ±1,337)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
891 Total veterans ±235 891 Male ±235 N/A Female ±25

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