Wilmington is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 71,675 people and 63 associated neighborhoods, Wilmington is the largest community in Delaware. Wilmington has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One thing noticeable about Wilmington, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Wilmington is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Wilmington a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

A lot of people in Wilmington take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Wilmington, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.

The overall education level of Wilmington citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.07% 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 $38,786, 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 $155,144 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 11.85% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wilmington include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Wilmington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.