Streamwood vs Wheeling

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

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

Streamwood has the higher population (39,055 vs 38,495 in Wheeling). Streamwood has the higher median household income ($101,049 vs $83,251 in Wheeling). Streamwood has the higher median home value ($258,300 vs $244,600 in Wheeling).

Population, income & housing

	Streamwood	Wheeling
Population	39,055	38,495
Median age	40.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,049	$83,251
Median home value	$258,300	$244,600
Median gross rent	$1,849	$1,578
Housing units	13,487	16,055
Homeownership rate	88.6%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Streamwood	Wheeling
Population	39,809 → 39,055 (-1.9%)	38,499 → 38,495 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$80,651 → $101,049 (+25.3%)	$68,615 → $83,251 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$192,800 → $258,300 (+34.0%)	$198,700 → $244,600 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,743 → $1,849 (+6.1%)	$1,265 → $1,578 (+24.7%)

Streamwood

Population

39,80939,055

Median household income

$80,651$101,049

Median home value

$192,800$258,300

Median gross rent

$1,743$1,849

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)

	Streamwood	Wheeling
Under 5	4.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.0%
75 and over	5.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Streamwood	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	39.3%	47.4%
Black or African American	3.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	14.2%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.7%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Streamwood	Wheeling
No high school diploma	12.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Streamwood	Wheeling
Drove alone	76.8%	70.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.8%
Public transit	1.5%	3.9%
Walked	0.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.9%	11.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Streamwood	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	67.0%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	23.2%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	19.1%
20 or more units	1.8%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Streamwood	Wheeling
Poverty rate	9.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.98	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1981	1980