Chain-O-Lakes vs Wheaton

A side-by-side comparison of Chain-O-Lakes and Wheaton: population, income, housing, and more.

Chain-O-Lakes and Wheaton are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wheaton has the higher population (364 vs 136 in Chain-O-Lakes). Wheaton has the higher median household income ($30,000 vs $25,500 in Chain-O-Lakes). Chain-O-Lakes has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $105,300 in Wheaton).

Population, income & housing

	Chain-O-Lakes	Wheaton
Population	136	364
Median age	60.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$25,500	$30,000
Median home value	$164,500	$105,300
Median gross rent	—	$466
Housing units	108	182
Homeownership rate	92.6%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chain-O-Lakes	Wheaton
Population	86 → 136 (+58.1%)	581 → 364 (-37.3%)
Median household income	$25,950 → $25,500 (-1.7%)	$37,938 → $30,000 (-20.9%)
Median home value	$160,400 → $164,500 (+2.6%)	$79,600 → $105,300 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$495 → $466 (-5.9%)

Chain-O-Lakes

Population

86136

Median household income

$25,950$25,500

Median home value

$160,400$164,500

Wheaton

Population

581364

Median household income

$37,938$30,000

Median home value

$79,600$105,300

Median gross rent

$495$466

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chain-O-Lakes	Wheaton
Under 5	0.7%	11.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	1.5%	18.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	4.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	20.6%	13.5%
75 and over	17.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chain-O-Lakes	Wheaton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.5%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chain-O-Lakes	Wheaton
No high school diploma	9.0%	16.3%
High school graduate	42.3%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chain-O-Lakes	Wheaton
Drove alone	100.0%	66.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	33.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chain-O-Lakes	Wheaton
1-unit, detached	89.8%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Chain-O-Lakes	Wheaton
Poverty rate	58.8%	28.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1976	1971