Elmhurst vs Wheaton

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

Elmhurst 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 45,538 in Elmhurst). Elmhurst has the higher median household income ($145,374 vs $119,566 in Wheaton). Elmhurst has the higher median home value ($532,800 vs $447,700 in Wheaton).

Population, income & housing

	Elmhurst	Wheaton
Population	45,538	53,453
Median age	41.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$145,374	$119,566
Median home value	$532,800	$447,700
Median gross rent	$1,877	$1,731
Housing units	17,732	20,695
Homeownership rate	79.7%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	64.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmhurst	Wheaton
Population	46,463 → 45,538 (-2.0%)	53,270 → 53,453 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$118,609 → $145,374 (+22.6%)	$103,376 → $119,566 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$432,600 → $532,800 (+23.2%)	$358,000 → $447,700 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,497 → $1,877 (+25.4%)	$1,419 → $1,731 (+22.0%)

Elmhurst

Population

46,46345,538

Median household income

$118,609$145,374

Median home value

$432,600$532,800

Median gross rent

$1,497$1,877

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)

	Elmhurst	Wheaton
Under 5	6.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.1%
75 and over	7.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmhurst	Wheaton
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	78.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmhurst	Wheaton
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	12.7%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmhurst	Wheaton
Drove alone	61.3%	61.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.7%
Public transit	8.2%	4.6%
Walked	2.3%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	23.1%	24.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmhurst	Wheaton
1-unit, detached	72.9%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	10.7%
20 or more units	16.5%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Elmhurst	Wheaton
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1964	1975