Wheaton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 55,439 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Wheaton is the 23rd largest community in Illinois.

Wheaton is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.61% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wheaton is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wheaton who work in management occupations (15.36%), office and administrative support jobs (14.17%), and sales jobs (13.85%).

Also of interest is that Wheaton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One thing noticeable about Wheaton, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Wheaton is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Wheaton a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Wheaton is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Wheaton is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Wheaton really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Wheaton perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The city of Wheaton is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.

Wheaton Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Wheaton is a pretty powerful place. 57.31% of the adults in Wheaton have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Wheaton in 2000 was $34,147, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,588 for a family of four. However, Wheaton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Wheaton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wheaton is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Wheaton include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, Swedish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Wheaton is English. Some people also speak Spanish.