Calumet City vs Wheeling

A side-by-side comparison of Calumet City and Wheeling: population, income, housing, and more.

Calumet City and Wheeling are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wheeling has the higher population (38,495 vs 35,253 in Calumet City). Wheeling has the higher median household income ($83,251 vs $53,991 in Calumet City). Wheeling has the higher median home value ($244,600 vs $133,600 in Calumet City).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet City	Wheeling
Population	35,253	38,495
Median age	37.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,991	$83,251
Median home value	$133,600	$244,600
Median gross rent	$1,138	$1,578
Housing units	16,868	16,055
Homeownership rate	55.9%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet City	Wheeling
Population	36,551 → 35,253 (-3.6%)	38,499 → 38,495 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$44,456 → $53,991 (+21.4%)	$68,615 → $83,251 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $133,600 (+26.0%)	$198,700 → $244,600 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,138 (+17.7%)	$1,265 → $1,578 (+24.7%)

Calumet City

Population

36,55135,253

Median household income

$44,456$53,991

Median home value

$106,000$133,600

Median gross rent

$967$1,138

Wheeling

Population

38,49938,495

Median household income

$68,615$83,251

Median home value

$198,700$244,600

Median gross rent

$1,265$1,578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet City	Wheeling
Under 5	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.0%
75 and over	5.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet City	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	47.4%
Black or African American	73.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet City	Wheeling
No high school diploma	11.5%	12.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet City	Wheeling
Drove alone	70.0%	70.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.8%
Public transit	8.1%	3.9%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.7%	11.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet City	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	52.9%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	19.1%
20 or more units	9.0%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Calumet City	Wheeling
Poverty rate	23.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1968	1980