What is the population of Wheaton city?

Wheaton city has 53,453 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #26 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Wheaton city?

Median household income in Wheaton city is $119,566 a year, 52.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wheaton city?

Median gross rent is $1,731 a month and the median home value is $447,700, so rent absorbs about 17.4% of median household income.

Is Wheaton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wheaton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wheaton, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wheaton, Illinois (Wheaton, IL — Census place “Wheaton city”) is 53,453 residents, ranking #26 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $119,566, the median home is worth $447,700 and median gross rent runs $1,731 a month. Looking for the Wheaton Illinois ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Wheaton, IL: 60187, 60189.

Population: 53,453Wheaton city residents
Median household income: $119,566Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $447,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,731Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.6%Owner-occupied households

Wheaton ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wheaton.

The Wheaton IL ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Wheaton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wheaton city median would spend about 17.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.9% of residents and 72.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Wheaton city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wheaton city is a small city in Illinois, with 53,453 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #26 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 37.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Wheaton city earn a median of $119,566 a year, 52.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 61% above the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 5.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wheaton city is valued at $447,700, 47.6% above the national figure and 150% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,731 a month, 23.1% above the national figure, or roughly $20,772 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Wheaton city?: Wheaton city has 53,453 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #26 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Wheaton city?: Median household income in Wheaton city is $119,566 a year, 52.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wheaton city?: Median gross rent is $1,731 a month and the median home value is $447,700, so rent absorbs about 17.4% of median household income.
Is Wheaton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wheaton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wheaton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.