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Wheaton, Maryland: commercial real estate data.
Wheaton is a Census CDP of 52,926 people across 6.90 square miles of land, in Montgomery County. Median household income is $111,478, 64.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $483,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Wheaton
What Wheaton is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area6.9 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land7,673
- County holding the largest share of its areaMontgomery 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.
Wheaton
How many people live in Wheaton
- Population52,926
- Median age37.7
- Population under 1811,909
- Share under 1822.5 percent
- Population 65 and over7,015
- Share 65 and over13.3 percent
- Households16,932
- Family households12,030
- Share of households that are families71.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheaton
Income and work in Wheaton
- Median household income$111,478
- Per capita income$43,480
- Civilian labor force29,835
- Employed27,791
- Unemployed2,044 plus or minus 493
- Unemployment rate6.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over36,586
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher80.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree20.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheaton
Housing in Wheaton
- Housing units17,330
- Occupied units16,932
- Vacant units398 plus or minus 192
- Vacancy rate2.3 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Owner occupied10,945
- Renter occupied5,987
- Ownership rate64.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$501,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,163
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.3 percent
- Single family units12,889
- Share single family74.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,411
- Share in buildings of two or more25.5 percent
- Mobile homes30 plus or minus 43
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheaton
How Wheaton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute21,519
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,206 plus or minus 440
- Share commuting under 15 minutes10.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more11,828
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more55.0 percent
- Drove alone57.0 percent
- Carpooled10.2 percent
- Public transport10.9 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home20.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wheaton
SBA loans in Wheaton (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$483,000
- Average approval$241,500
- Median approval$241,500
- Largest approval$333,000
- Jobs supported14
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wheaton, 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.
Montgomery County, not Wheaton
Montgomery County context, not Wheaton figures
- Establishments in Montgomery County27,677
- Covered employment, Montgomery County462,298
- Average annual pay, Montgomery County$94,473
- Housing units permitted, Montgomery County3,656
Every figure in this section is published for Montgomery County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wheaton.
All Montgomery County figures →
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
Wheaton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wheaton, Maryland?
52,926, in 16,932 households. Wheaton CDP covers 6.90 square miles of land, which is 7,673 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wheaton in?
Montgomery County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Wheaton?
$111,478. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $501,200. Median gross rent is $2,163 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wheaton businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totaling $483,000 since FY2020, across 2 lenders, median approval $241,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wheaton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wheaton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wheaton. 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 Wheaton figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Montgomery 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 Wheaton.
Is zoning published for Wheaton?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.