Wilmette’s Comprehensive Plan will go to the Village Board at the Wilmette Village Hall for a vote early this summer. It includes a wide array of topics including affordable housing, diversity, sustainability and land use. Creating a more inclusive community, affordable housing and community character are among the priorities of Wilmette residents, according to a draft of the village’s 2024 comprehensive plan.
He said the village hasn’t done a comprehensive plan since the 1980s and a lot has changed in the north suburb since then. Chapters headings in the plan created based on feedback from the community include: A Plan for Wilmette, Community Engagement, Community Character, Community Culture, Sustainability, Active Transportation, Diversity and Inclusion, Housing, Business and Commerce, Land Use and Subareas and Implementation.
And the datausa.io website says that in 2021, Wilmette had a population of almost 28,000 residents with a median age of 45.6 years old and that the median household income was $173,967. It also says the largest ethnic groups in Wilmette are white , Asian and Hispanic