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Wheeler, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Wheeler is a Census CDP of 283 people across 2.66 square miles of land, in Porter County. 92.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $510,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Wheeler
What Wheeler is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.66 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land107 plus or minus 49
- County holding the largest share of its areaPorter County, 100.0 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.
Wheeler
How many people live in Wheeler
- Population283 plus or minus 130
- Median age47.7 plus or minus 30.0
- Population under 1846 plus or minus 45
- Share under 1816.3 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Population 65 and over98 plus or minus 70
- Share 65 and over34.6 percent plus or minus 18.9
- Households140 plus or minus 62
- Family households89 plus or minus 56
- Share of households that are families63.6 percent plus or minus 28.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheeler
Income and work in Wheeler
- Per capita income$38,152 plus or minus $14,837
- Civilian labor force93 plus or minus 55
- Employed93 plus or minus 55
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over237 plus or minus 113
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 67.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher6.3 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.3 percent plus or minus 10.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheeler
Housing in Wheeler
- Housing units140 plus or minus 62
- Occupied units140 plus or minus 62
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied129 plus or minus 57
- Renter occupied11 plus or minus 17
- Ownership rate92.1 percent plus or minus 57.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$202,300 plus or minus $115,526
- Single family units140 plus or minus 63
- Share single family100.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheeler
How Wheeler gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute93 plus or minus 55
- Commuting under 15 minutes3 plus or minus 14
- Share commuting under 15 minutes3.2 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more44 plus or minus 36
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.3 percent plus or minus 26.5
- Drove alone100.0 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheeler
SBA loans in Wheeler (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$510,000
- Average approval$510,000
- Median approval$510,000
- Largest approval$510,000
- Jobs supported9
- Jobs per approval9.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wheeler, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 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.
Porter County, not Wheeler
Porter County context, not Wheeler figures
- Establishments in Porter County3,734
- Covered employment, Porter County63,768
- Average annual pay, Porter County$58,217
- Housing units permitted, Porter County556
Every figure in this section is published for Porter County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wheeler.
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.
Coverage
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
Wheeler questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wheeler, Indiana?
283, in 140 households. Wheeler CDP covers 2.66 square miles of land, which is 107 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wheeler in?
Porter County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
How much SBA lending goes to Wheeler businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $510,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $510,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wheeler, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wheeler borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wheeler. Only 0 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.
Are the county figures on this page Wheeler figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Porter 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 Wheeler.
Is zoning published for Wheeler?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.