Lombard vs Wheaton

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

Lombard 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 43,722 in Lombard). Wheaton has the higher median household income ($119,566 vs $97,253 in Lombard). Wheaton has the higher median home value ($447,700 vs $321,200 in Lombard).

Population, income & housing

	Lombard	Wheaton
Population	43,722	53,453
Median age	38.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$97,253	$119,566
Median home value	$321,200	$447,700
Median gross rent	$1,834	$1,731
Housing units	18,495	20,695
Homeownership rate	70.4%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	64.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lombard	Wheaton
Population	43,998 → 43,722 (-0.6%)	53,270 → 53,453 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$82,461 → $97,253 (+17.9%)	$103,376 → $119,566 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$261,200 → $321,200 (+23.0%)	$358,000 → $447,700 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,834 (+27.5%)	$1,419 → $1,731 (+22.0%)

Lombard

Population

43,99843,722

Median household income

$82,461$97,253

Median home value

$261,200$321,200

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,834

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)

	Lombard	Wheaton
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	16.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.1%
75 and over	6.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lombard	Wheaton
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	5.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lombard	Wheaton
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	21.0%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lombard	Wheaton
Drove alone	69.2%	61.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.7%
Public transit	3.9%	4.6%
Walked	1.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.1%	24.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lombard	Wheaton
1-unit, detached	54.8%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	10.7%
20 or more units	27.5%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lombard	Wheaton
Poverty rate	6.7%	5.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1971	1975