Utica vs Wheeling

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

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

Utica has the higher population (199 vs 135 in Wheeling). Utica has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $41,000 in Wheeling). Utica has the higher median home value ($98,600 vs $71,900 in Wheeling).

Population, income & housing

	Utica	Wheeling
Population	199	135
Median age	52.1 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$41,000
Median home value	$98,600	$71,900
Housing units	120	97
Homeownership rate	94.1%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Utica	Wheeling
Population	164 → 199 (+21.3%)	273 → 135 (-50.5%)
Median household income	$48,333 → $75,000 (+55.2%)	$35,938 → $41,000 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $98,600 (+47.6%)	$65,000 → $71,900 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$678 → $810 (+19.5%)

Utica

Population

164199

Median household income

$48,333$75,000

Median home value

$66,800$98,600

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)

	Utica	Wheeling
Under 5	5.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	1.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	1.5%
25 to 34	2.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	45.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	22.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.3%
75 and over	6.5%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Utica	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	88.1%
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	4.0%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Utica	Wheeling
No high school diploma	5.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	40.8%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Utica	Wheeling
Drove alone	91.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Utica	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	84.2%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Utica	Wheeling
Poverty rate	6.3%	28.1%
Average household size	1.95	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	37
Median year structure built	1962	1961