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Wheatfield, IN

792 Population
0.6 square miles 1,340.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,226 ±$4,575 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,513 ±$260
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,375 ±$16,844 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,887 ±$454
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.3% ±5.3% (113  ±50) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.2% 1,032,570 (±0.2% / ±15,833)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.4 minutes ±12.4 (10,675  ±3,261) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.3 115,653,336 (±0.1 / ±501,154)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

329 ±76 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,643,783 ±5,293
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (792  ±188) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,219,341
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.7% ±12.3% (26  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.8% 108,184 (±0.1% / ±3,055)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

358 ±88 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,900,420 ±495
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$196,700 ±$18,818 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $323,000 ±$1,010
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.8% ±4.9% (52  ±39.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.9% 1,009,281 (±0.1% / ±13,353.6)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±29.6% (489  ±94.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,823,631 (±0.3% / ±20,216.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.8% ±8.1% (62  ±45.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 41.6% 2,696,647 (±0.2% / ±12,947.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.7% ±3.1% (21  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.6% 1,744,561
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±5.3% (40  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.9% 282,963 (±0.1% / ±4,136)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
40 Total veterans ±33 34 Male ±26 6 Female ±10

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