Bartlett vs Wheaton

A side-by-side comparison of Bartlett and Wheaton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wheaton has the higher population (53,453 vs 40,531 in Bartlett). Bartlett has the higher median household income ($130,479 vs $119,566 in Wheaton). Wheaton has the higher median home value ($447,700 vs $350,500 in Bartlett).

Population, income & housing

	Bartlett	Wheaton
Population	40,531	53,453
Median age	41.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$130,479	$119,566
Median home value	$350,500	$447,700
Median gross rent	$1,857	$1,731
Housing units	14,666	20,695
Homeownership rate	88.5%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	64.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartlett	Wheaton
Population	41,120 → 40,531 (-1.4%)	53,270 → 53,453 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$108,592 → $130,479 (+20.2%)	$103,376 → $119,566 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$279,200 → $350,500 (+25.5%)	$358,000 → $447,700 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,570 → $1,857 (+18.3%)	$1,419 → $1,731 (+22.0%)

Bartlett

Population

41,12040,531

Median household income

$108,592$130,479

Median home value

$279,200$350,500

Median gross rent

$1,570$1,857

Wheaton

Population

53,27053,453

Median household income

$103,376$119,566

Median home value

$358,000$447,700

Median gross rent

$1,419$1,731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartlett	Wheaton
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.1%
75 and over	5.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartlett	Wheaton
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	78.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	17.8%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartlett	Wheaton
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	19.4%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartlett	Wheaton
Drove alone	71.6%	61.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.7%
Public transit	2.3%	4.6%
Walked	0.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	18.5%	24.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartlett	Wheaton
1-unit, detached	69.6%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	10.7%
20 or more units	5.5%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bartlett	Wheaton
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1992	1975