† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWilmetteIllinoisUnited States
German17.4%16.1%12.5%
Irish16.3%10.6%9.4%
Polish13.5%6.0%2.2%
Italian9.3%5.4%4.8%
English7.0%6.9%9.5%
American4.3%3.3%5.3%
Swedish2.3%1.5%—
Russian1.9%——
Asian Indian3.7%2.1%1.4%
Chinese2.5%1.0%1.3%
Filipino2.2%1.0%0.9%
Korean1.1%0.4%0.4%
Pakistani0.6%0.3%—
Vietnamese0.5%0.2%0.6%
Japanese0.3%—0.2%
Mexican3.7%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.7%1.8%
African American†0.9%12.1%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Wilmette
Illinois
United States
Median age
45.3
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
4.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.8%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wilmette
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$190,662
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
3.2%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
83.6%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wilmette
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.9%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.0%
14.0%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
3.0%
2.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
3.5%
2.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.8%
0.9%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wilmette
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Wilmette, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+19.1%
2008
+34.1%
2012
+21.2%
2016
+48.5%
2020
+52.8%
2024
+52.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
75.9%Harris12,216
23.0%Trump3,706
1.1%
D+52.9
D+0.1
D+54.3
16,096
D
75.4%Biden13,143
22.6%Trump3,942
1.9%
D+52.8
D+4.3
D+48.4
17,420
D
70.2%Clinton11,214
21.7%Trump3,462
8.1%
D+48.5
D+27.3
D+46.4
15,974
D
59.8%Obama9,155
38.6%Romney5,913
1.5%
D+21.2
R+12.9
D+17.3
15,301
D
66.4%Obama10,325
32.4%McCain5,029
1.2%
D+34.1
D+14.9
D+26.8
15,538
D
59.0%Kerry9,126
39.9%Bush6,166
1.1%
D+19.1
—
D+21.6
15,465
Wilmette sits on Lake Michigan's North Shore just north of Chicago, where high educational attainment and household incomes consistently produce lopsided Democratic margins in federal races — often exceeding 40 points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.9 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 52.9 points.
A population of 27,503, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $190,662 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Deerfield and Northbrook.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Wilmette, Illinois voted Democratic by 52.9 points (D+52.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 16,096 votes cast, 12,216 went Democratic and 3,706 went Republican.
How many people live in Wilmette, Illinois?
Wilmette, Illinois has a population of 27,503 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wilmette, Illinois?
Median household income in Wilmette, Illinois is $190,662 — above the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Wilmette, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Wilmette, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
