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Wheeling township, Cook County, IL

151,091 Population
35.9 square miles 4,207.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$48,964 ±$3,539 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cook County: $48,074 ±$722
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$102,660 ±$5,334 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cook County: $80,579 ±$1,072
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

5.5% ±1.6% (8,244  ±2,430) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cook County: 13.3% 664,755 (±0.5% / ±26,734)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

27.7 minutes ±1.3 (1,877,525  ±155,273) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cook County: 31.8 68,802,984 (±0.3 / ±970,414)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 150,482,720 (±0.2 / ±1,340,109)

Families

59,369 ±2,788 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,117,084 ±8,830
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.5 ±0.1 (149,573  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,003,661 (±0 / ±1,018)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503

5.7% ±2.3% (1,690  ±697) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cook County: 4.3% 54,358 (±0.4% / ±4,462)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

62,069 ±2,876 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,280,886 ±467
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$354,800 ±$13,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cook County: $313,700 ±$3,917
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

10.6% ±2.3% (15,871  ±3,495.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cook County: 12% 603,565 (±0.5% / ±24,067.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

92.1% ±4.2% (99,205  ±5,424.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,182,000 (±0.9% / ±32,283.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
50.9% ±3.3% (54,766  ±3,922.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 43.6% 1,567,766 (±0.6% / ±21,796.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

32.9% ±3.2% (49,642  ±4,758) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 22.2% 1,130,960
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890

2.9% ±1% (3,455  ±1,222) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Cook County: 3.1% 123,691 (±0.2% / ±6,275)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
3,455 Total veterans ±1,222 3,416 Male ±1,223 39 Female ±63

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