Chula vs Wheeling

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

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

Chula has the higher population (150 vs 135 in Wheeling). Wheeling has the higher median household income ($41,000 vs $39,792 in Chula). Chula has the higher median home value ($75,500 vs $71,900 in Wheeling).

Population, income & housing

	Chula	Wheeling
Population	150	135
Median age	32.5 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,792	$41,000
Median home value	$75,500	$71,900
Median gross rent	$583	—
Housing units	87	97
Homeownership rate	84.7%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chula	Wheeling
Population	198 → 150 (-24.2%)	273 → 135 (-50.5%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $39,792 (+15.8%)	$35,938 → $41,000 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $75,500 (+21.8%)	$65,000 → $71,900 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$546 → $583 (+6.8%)	$678 → $810 (+19.5%)

Chula

Population

198150

Median household income

$34,375$39,792

Median home value

$62,000$75,500

Median gross rent

$546$583

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)

	Chula	Wheeling
Under 5	12.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	10.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	22.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.1%
45 to 54	6.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	22.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	16.3%
75 and over	2.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chula	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chula	Wheeling
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	57.6%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chula	Wheeling
Drove alone	92.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	5.3%
Other means	1.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chula	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	87.4%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Chula	Wheeling
Poverty rate	22.0%	28.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1948	1961