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Wheaton town, Chippewa County, WI

2,774 Population
53.9 square miles 51.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chippewa County: 41.7 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,840 ±$3,667 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Chippewa County: $38,212 ±$1,417
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$102,267 ±$3,778 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Chippewa County: $74,009 ±$2,884
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

6.4% ±3.3% (178  ±92) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chippewa County: 9.2% † 5,892 (±1.3% / ±826)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

20.3 minutes ±3 (26,370  ±4,999) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chippewa County: 22.9 670,565 (±0.6 / ±25,812)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

1,003 ±98 Number of households
  • Chippewa County: 26,567 ±336
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.8 ±0.3 (2,759  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chippewa County: 2.4 63,654 (±0 / ±130)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

4.7% ±3.1% (34  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chippewa County: 6.3% † 835 (±1.4% / ±186)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

1,041 ±101 Number of housing units
  • Chippewa County: 29,017 ±166
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$278,800 ±$28,779 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Chippewa County: $237,700 ±$7,212
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

6.3% ±3% (174  ±81.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Chippewa County: 13.3% † 8,780 (±1.6% / ±1,033.2)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

96% ±6.8% (1,791  ±188) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 93.5% 44,509 (±2.7% / ±1,284)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
27.7% ±4.9% (516  ±99.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 24.1% 11,494 (±1.4% / ±665)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

0.7% ±0.7% (20  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chippewa County: 1.6% 1,081
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.1% ±3.2% (165  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 7.7% 4,030 (±0.6% / ±333)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
165 Total veterans ±65 150 Male ±63 15 Female ±14

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