Elk Grove Village vs Wheeling

A side-by-side comparison of Elk Grove Village and Wheeling: population, income, housing, and more.

Elk Grove Village 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 32,132 in Elk Grove Village). Elk Grove Village has the higher median household income ($95,216 vs $83,251 in Wheeling). Elk Grove Village has the higher median home value ($334,400 vs $244,600 in Wheeling).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Grove Village	Wheeling
Population	32,132	38,495
Median age	43.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,216	$83,251
Median home value	$334,400	$244,600
Median gross rent	$1,574	$1,578
Housing units	13,428	16,055
Homeownership rate	73.7%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Grove Village	Wheeling
Population	32,942 → 32,132 (-2.5%)	38,499 → 38,495 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$81,895 → $95,216 (+16.3%)	$68,615 → $83,251 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$271,900 → $334,400 (+23.0%)	$198,700 → $244,600 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,238 → $1,574 (+27.1%)	$1,265 → $1,578 (+24.7%)

Elk Grove Village

Population

32,94232,132

Median household income

$81,895$95,216

Median home value

$271,900$334,400

Median gross rent

$1,238$1,574

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)

	Elk Grove Village	Wheeling
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.0%
75 and over	8.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Grove Village	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	47.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	11.7%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Grove Village	Wheeling
No high school diploma	7.5%	12.0%
High school graduate	22.4%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Grove Village	Wheeling
Drove alone	73.8%	70.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.8%
Public transit	2.2%	3.9%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.4%	11.5%
Other means	1.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Grove Village	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	57.9%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	19.1%
20 or more units	15.8%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Elk Grove Village	Wheeling
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1974	1980