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Wheeling township, Cook County, IL

153,575 Population
35.9 square miles 4,277.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cook County: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,789 ±$3,890 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cook County: $50,075 ±$784
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$91,647 ±$7,225 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cook County: $82,764 ±$1,423
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.8% ±3.1% (13,396  ±4,737) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cook County: 13.8% 702,524 (±0.5% / ±25,787)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.5 minutes ±0.7 (1,594,455  ±128,003) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cook County: 32.1 70,708,590 (±0.2 / ±991,615)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.3 154,658,770 (±0.2 / ±1,330,777)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

63,526 ±3,236 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,124,304 ±7,894
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (151,611  ±71) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 2.4 5,093,924 (±0 / ±1,334)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.1% ±2.1% (1,639  ±686) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 4.2% 54,153 (±0.3% / ±4,315)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

65,517 ±3,453 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,284,600 ±630
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$401,700 ±$15,353 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cook County: $335,800 ±$3,115
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.6% ±2.6% (14,576  ±3,887.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cook County: 11% 567,242 (±0.5% / ±25,113.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.6% ±3.6% (100,144  ±5,701.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cook County: 88.8% 3,259,688 (±0.9% / ±34,280.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
52.4% ±3% (57,912  ±4,018.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 44.3% 1,625,022 (±0.6% / ±22,511.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

33.3% ±3.2% (51,088  ±4,918) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cook County: 22.9% 1,185,306
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.5% ±1.1% (4,174  ±1,324) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 3.1% 126,433 (±0.2% / ±7,021)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,174 Total veterans ±1,324 3,866 Male ±1,209 308 Female ±312

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