Chillicothe vs Wheeling

A side-by-side comparison of Chillicothe and Wheeling: population, income, housing, and more.

Chillicothe and Wheeling are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chillicothe has the higher population (9,129 vs 135 in Wheeling). Chillicothe has the higher median household income ($51,231 vs $41,000 in Wheeling). Chillicothe has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $71,900 in Wheeling).

Population, income & housing

	Chillicothe	Wheeling
Population	9,129	135
Median age	37.7 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,231	$41,000
Median home value	$119,900	$71,900
Median gross rent	$767	—
Housing units	3,990	97
Homeownership rate	58.6%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillicothe	Wheeling
Population	9,162 → 9,129 (-0.4%)	273 → 135 (-50.5%)
Median household income	$40,822 → $51,231 (+25.5%)	$35,938 → $41,000 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $119,900 (+31.5%)	$65,000 → $71,900 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $767 (+13.1%)	$678 → $810 (+19.5%)

Chillicothe

Population

9,1629,129

Median household income

$40,822$51,231

Median home value

$91,200$119,900

Median gross rent

$678$767

Wheeling

Population

273135

Median household income

$35,938$41,000

Median home value

$65,000$71,900

Median gross rent

$678$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillicothe	Wheeling
Under 5	5.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	1.5%
25 to 34	16.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	22.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	16.3%
75 and over	9.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillicothe	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillicothe	Wheeling
No high school diploma	14.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	43.9%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillicothe	Wheeling
Drove alone	86.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	13.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.3%
Other means	0.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillicothe	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	78.0%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Chillicothe	Wheeling
Poverty rate	16.3%	28.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	15	37
Median year structure built	1962	1961