Wilmington is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 71,569 people and 63 associated neighborhoods, Wilmington is the largest community in Delaware. Much of the housing stock in Wilmington was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Wilmington is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wilmington is a city of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wilmington who work in management occupations (9.86%), office and administrative support (9.22%), and business and financial occupations (8.05%). Also of interest is that Wilmington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.87% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Many people in Wilmington take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Wilmington citizens for affordable transportation.The overall education level of Wilmington citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.17% of adults in Wilmington have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Wilmington in 2022 was $36,446, which is middle income relative to Delaware, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,784 for a family of four. However, Wilmington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wilmington is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wilmington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wilmington residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Wilmington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.28% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wilmington include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Wilmington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
