Census: Wheaton Above State Average in Homeownership, Income, Education
American Community Survey offers detailed demographic on the Wheaton community and others throughout the U.S.
The U.S. Census Bureau Thursday released estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS), with local information for the combined years of 2007-2011 on stats from housing to education and marital status. The survey shows a 73.4 percent homeownership rate in the City of Wheaton, topping the Illinois data of 68.7 percent, and a median household income of $84,980, topping the state average of $56,576. Sign up for the Wheaton Patch daily newsletter. Wheaton’s estimated population in 2011 is 53,238, a .7 percent increase from the 2010 estimate. More than half the city's population, or about 42,000 people, are ages 16 and older. More than 28,000 of the residents make up the city's civilian labor force, of whom 62.9 percent—26,626—are …
