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A town of 6,768, settled in 1884.
Wilmer earns a D−, 580th among Texas's 640 graded towns, mostly because of health and schools. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 90% of the country. Its schools rank behind 82% of the state's. One bright spot: homes are within reach, about $219K for a typical one, or 2.4 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. 33% of residents live below the poverty line in Wilmer, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Wilmer's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns.
Where Wilmer beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
3,682 counted in 2010 and 4,974 in 2020; an estimated 6,768 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 18.2% since 2020, after 35.1% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Wilmer is from typical.
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Census counts: 465 in 1950, 4,974 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 2 maps from 1959 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wilmer. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
25 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
26 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw StadiumCotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wilmer, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Wilmer.
Wilmer trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and trades workers with Dallas and other neighbors.
For adults in Wilmer, the share who report frequent physical distress is 16%. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Wilmer is ahead of Texas on 1 and behind on 19. Among adults locally, 39% get no exercise outside work and 31% say their health is fair or poor.
| Wilmer | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Wilmer | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4% | 6.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.9% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Dallas ISD runs its public schools. The 2 public schools in Wilmer teach 569 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Bernice Johnson STEM AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 554 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
The violent offense rate in Wilmer is 3.6 per 1,000 residents. The property offense rate in the town is 23.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Wilmer | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 23.8 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Homes are within reach (about $219K for the typical one, B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 22 miles. At 2.4 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $219K) costs less against local pay than in 84% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Zillow values the typical Wilmer home at about $219,000, down 2% in a year, 26% below the Texas typical home. Wilmer: nearly three in five households own their home. In Wilmer, the rent at the middle of the market is $1,364 a month.
| Wilmer | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 59% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,364 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Waxahachie weather station, 15 miles away, records that about 96 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.5°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 36.3°.
Wilmer’s typical July afternoon high comes in at 96°F. Snow almost never falls.
| Wilmer | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Wilmer has about as many jobs (2,295) as working residents, but only 42 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 636 in 2013 to 2,295.
The top destinations are Dallas (28%), Fort Worth (5%) and Arlington (4%). Commuting out is the norm in Wilmer: 2% of working residents work locally. Its typical journey to work stands at 33 minutes. It had 2,295 jobs in 2023, up 1,659 from 2013.
| Wilmer | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Count the trails in 3 parks and preserves and they come to 2.0 miles. For Wilmer, the concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Wilmer | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cottonwood Park | — | 8 |
| 2. Trinity River Green Belt - Goat Island Preserve | — | 3 |
| 3. Adams Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Paid flood insurance claims in Wilmer since 1989: 4. On expected storm and flood damage, Wilmer sits below 57% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Wilmer households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024. FEMA puts 41% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 18% to hail.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
6 within 15 miles of the center of Wilmer
About 1 of every 100 Wilmer residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
3 towns share a border with Wilmer.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Wilmer grades D− overall, better than 5% of U.S. towns and #580 of 640 in Texas. It grades D for health, C− for safety and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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