Demographics of Wheeling village, Illinois

Wheeling village, Illinois had 38,391 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −837 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Wheeling village, in four figures

38,391
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 38,433 ±41.; −2.1%
Change since July 2020: −837 people.; 39.9 ±2.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $85,205 ±$3,711
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Wheeling village, Illinois's population shrank 2.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Wheeling village, Illinois's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Wheeling village, Illinois's population shrank 2.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Wheeling village, Illinois's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	39,228	100.0	100.0
2021	38,526	98.2	100.2
2022	37,997	96.9	100.7
2023	38,060	97.0	101.6
2024	38,331	97.7	102.5
2025	38,391	97.9	103.1

Population of Wheeling village, Illinois on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	39,228	—
2021	38,526	−702
2022	37,997	−529
2023	38,060	+63
2024	38,331	+271
2025	38,391	+60

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 39.9 ±2.3: for men 38.7 ±2.8 and for women 41.0 ±2.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Wheeling village by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Under 5	1,986 ±451	5.2% ±1.2	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,915 ±898	15.4% ±2.3	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,589 ±420	6.7% ±1.1	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	11,643 ±920	30.3% ±2.4	26.9% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	9,553 ±841	24.9% ±2.2	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,747 ±702	17.6% ±1.8	17.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $85,205 ±$3,711, and income per person $41,499 ±$3,630, in 2024 dollars. The median is $83,390 ±$362 in Illinois and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Wheeling village by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Illinois	United States
Under $25,000	1,738 ±364	11.5% ±2.3	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,495 ±439	16.4% ±2.8	16.0% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,257 ±400	14.9% ±2.6	14.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,581 ±475	17.0% ±3.0	12.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,947 ±569	19.4% ±3.7	18.0% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,657 ±301	10.9% ±1.9	10.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,496 ±409	9.9% ±2.7	13.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Wheeling village by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Illinois	United States
All ages	3,781 ±952	10.0% ±2.5	11.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,097 ±406	14.0% ±4.9	15.1% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,834 ±465	8.4% ±2.1	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	850 ±228	10.4% ±2.5	10.6% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Wheeling village, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Wheeling village	Illinois	United States
Housing units	16,045 ±691	5,457,452 ±471	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.6% ±0.5	92.3% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	5.4% ±1.8	7.7% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	62.7% ±2.9	67.1% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	37.3% ±3.7	32.9% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$266,200 ±$17,846	$263,300 ±$797	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,663 ±$86	$1,274 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1980 ±2	1971 ±2	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Wheeling village by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Hispanic or Latino	10,805 ±1,267	28.1% ±3.3	18.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	18,886 ±1,604	49.1% ±4.2	58.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,462 ±718	3.8% ±1.9	13.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	5,895 ±908	15.3% ±2.4	5.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 368	0% to 1.0%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 27	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 732	0% to 1.9%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	418 to 1,370	1.1% to 3.6%	3.4% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Wheeling village by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Born in the state	17,185 ±1,133	44.7% ±2.9	66.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,388 ±633	8.8% ±1.6	17.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	412 ±172	1.1% ±0.4	1.3% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	17,448 ±1,019	45.4% ±2.7	14.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	8,789 ±820	22.9% ±2.1	7.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	8,659 ±950	22.5% ±2.5	7.0% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Wheeling village among the places of Illinois

47th of 337 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Illinois page.

Places of Illinois near Wheeling village in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Carol Stream village	39,460 ±99
Urbana city	39,341 ±34
Quincy city	39,109 ±28
Streamwood village	39,001 ±735
Park Ridge city	38,667 ±540
Wheeling village	38,433 ±41
Carpentersville village	37,346 ±81
Hanover Park village	36,732 ±84
Oswego village	36,375 ±39
Rock Island city	36,151 ±422
Addison village	35,489 ±49

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Wheeling village, Illinois

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Illinois by foreign-born share
No. 20 Places in Illinois by median rent
No. 38 Places in Illinois by median age
No. 39 Places in Illinois by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 48 Places by foreign-born share
No. 60 Places in Illinois by poverty rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026