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Wheeling, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Wheeling is a Census village of 38,433 people across 8.67 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $85,205, 62.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 83 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $56.5 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Wheeling
What Wheeling is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area8.67 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,432
- County holding the largest share of its areaCook County, 99.5 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheeling
How many people live in Wheeling
- Population38,433
- Median age39.9
- Population under 187,901
- Share under 1820.6 percent
- Population 65 and over6,747
- Share 65 and over17.6 percent
- Households15,171
- Family households9,662
- Share of households that are families63.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheeling
Income and work in Wheeling
- Median household income$85,205
- Per capita income$41,499
- Civilian labor force22,000
- Employed20,950
- Unemployed1,050 plus or minus 302
- Unemployment rate4.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over27,943
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher40.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheeling
Housing in Wheeling
- Housing units16,045
- Occupied units15,171
- Vacant units874 plus or minus 299
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied9,508
- Renter occupied5,663
- Ownership rate62.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$266,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,663
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.4 percent
- Single family units6,977
- Share single family43.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more8,758
- Share in buildings of two or more54.6 percent
- Mobile homes310 plus or minus 226
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheeling
How Wheeling gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute17,672
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,357
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,541
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.0 percent
- Drove alone69.2 percent
- Carpooled10.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport2.4 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home14.3 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheeling
SBA loans in Wheeling (7(a))
- Approvals83
- Gross approval$56,507,200
- Average approval$680,810
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,980,600
- Largest approval$4,639,000
- Jobs supported1,081
- Jobs per approval13.0
- Loans with a final outcome19
- Paid in full19
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.9 percent
- Share to franchises10.8 percent
- Distinct lenders26
- Distinct industries by NAICS43
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wheeling, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 19 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wheeling
SBA loans in Wheeling (504)
- Approvals51
- Gross approval$37,276,000
- Average approval$730,902
- Median approval$609,000
- Largest approval$2,000,000
- Jobs supported767
- Loans with a final outcome14
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wheeling, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 14 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wheeling
Flood risk in Wheeling
- NFIP communityVillage of Wheeling
- NFIP community number170173
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classClass 5
- Currently effective map date09/18/13
The Village of Wheeling participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 170173 and carries Community Rating System class 5, a flood insurance premium discount for policies written there.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Cook County, not Wheeling
Cook County context, not Wheeling figures
- Establishments in Cook County134,513
- Covered employment, Cook County2,565,567
- Average annual pay, Cook County$86,931
- Housing units permitted, Cook County6,507
Every figure in this section is published for Cook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wheeling.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Wheeling questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wheeling, Illinois?
38,433, in 15,171 households. Wheeling village covers 8.67 square miles of land, which is 4,432 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wheeling in?
Cook County, which holds 99.5 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Wheeling?
$85,205. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $266,200. Median gross rent is $1,663 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wheeling businesses?
83 7(a) approvals totaling $56.5 m since FY2020, across 26 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 51 504 approvals worth $37.3 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wheeling, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wheeling borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wheeling. Only 19 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Wheeling in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Wheeling appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Wheeling, village of, community 170173, carrying Community Rating System class 5, which is a premium discount for exceeding the program minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Wheeling figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cook County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Wheeling.
Is zoning published for Wheeling?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.