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Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21, IL

65,953 Population
15.5 square miles 4,247.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cook County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$43,401 ±$3,752 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cook County: $48,074 ±$722
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$96,589 ±$17,836 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cook County: $80,579 ±$1,072
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

5.6% ±2.6% (3,669  ±1,721) 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)

26.4 minutes ±1.7 (853,370  ±38,279) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cook County: 31.9 67,472,550 (±0.2 / ±470,105)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

26,307 ±2,447 Number of households
  • Cook County: 2,117,084 ±8,830
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.5 ±0.3 (65,410  ±5,051) Persons per household
  • a little 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

3% ±1.9% (418  ±275) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cook County: 4.3% 54,358 (±0.4% / ±4,462)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

27,102 ±2,620 Number of housing units
  • Cook County: 2,280,886 ±467
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$251,800 ±$40,135 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cook County: $313,700 ±$3,917
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

13% ±4% (8,486  ±2,683.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 12% 603,565 (±0.5% / ±24,067.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

88% ±2.8% (41,089  ±4,002.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cook County: 88.6% 3,182,000 (±0.9% / ±32,283.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
40.7% ±4.3% (19,006  ±2,645.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cook County: 43.6% 1,567,766 (±0.6% / ±21,796.9)
  • a little higher than 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

43.6% ±6.3% (28,741  ±4,679) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Cook County: 22.2% 1,130,960
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890

3.5% ±1.9% (1,829  ±990) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cook County: 3.1% 123,691 (±0.2% / ±6,275)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
1,829 Total veterans ±990 1,829 Male ±990 N/A Female ±206

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