Ste. Marie vs Wheeler

A side-by-side comparison of Ste. Marie and Wheeler: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ste. Marie has the higher population (266 vs 93 in Wheeler). Ste. Marie has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $20,625 in Wheeler). Since 2019, Ste. Marie's population has grown faster (-22.7% vs -45.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Ste. Marie	Wheeler
Population	266	93
Median age	28.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$20,625
Median home value	$103,900	—
Median gross rent	$263	—
Housing units	100	55
Homeownership rate	90.3%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ste. Marie	Wheeler
Population	344 → 266 (-22.7%)	171 → 93 (-45.6%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $80,417 (+46.2%)	$35,250 → $20,625 (-41.5%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $103,900 (+41.4%)	$29,800 → $28,300 (-5.0%)
Median gross rent	$200 → $263 (+31.5%)	$571 → $579 (+1.4%)

Ste. Marie

Population

344266

Median household income

$55,000$80,417

Median home value

$73,500$103,900

Median gross rent

$200$263

Wheeler

Population

17193

Median household income

$35,250$20,625

Median home value

$29,800$28,300

Median gross rent

$571$579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ste. Marie	Wheeler
Under 5	8.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	25.9%	22.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	2.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	23.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	8.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	1.1%
75 and over	2.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ste. Marie	Wheeler
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ste. Marie	Wheeler
No high school diploma	1.3%	22.7%
High school graduate	26.8%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	57.0%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ste. Marie	Wheeler
Drove alone	80.8%	61.1%
Carpooled	0.8%	27.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ste. Marie	Wheeler
1-unit, detached	89.0%	34.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	65.5%

Poverty & households

	Ste. Marie	Wheeler
Poverty rate	8.3%	48.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1967	1991