Wheeling township, Cook County, Illinois (IL)

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Land area: 35.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 155,834 (all urban)

Males: 75,684	(48.6%)
Females: 80,150	(51.4%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 154,775 (126,302 owner occupied, 28,473 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	18%
State:	33%

Races in Wheeling township:

White Non-Hispanic: 80.0%
Black: 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 6.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 11.1%
Two or more races: 1.0%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 38.2
Median age of females: 39.8

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Average household size: 2.57

Wheeling township:	2.6 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Average family size: 3.14

Estimated median household income in 2008: $75,821 ($62,817 in 1999)

This township:	$75,821
Illinois:	$56,235

Median contract rent in 2008 for apartments: $1,069 (lower quartile is $855, upper quartile is $1,237)

Here:	$1,069
State:	$689

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $334,920 (it was $198,000 in 2000)

Wheeling township:	$334,920
Illinois:	$214,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $269,702 - $494,952

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $413,962
Here: $413,962
State: $270,454

Townhouses or other attached units: $263,315
Here: $263,315
State: $256,242

In 2-unit structures: $452,873
Here: $452,873
State: $309,184

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $227,665
Here: $227,665
State: $307,695

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $207,502
Here: $207,502
State: $286,225

Mobile homes: $82,674
Here: $82,674
State: $35,670

Population density: 4341 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	3.1%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	1.5%
Whole state:	5.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 32,953 (43% naturalized citizens)

Wheeling township:	21.1%
State:	12.3%

64% of Wheeling township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 98255
Northeast: 4716
Midwest: 12593
South: 4473
West: 1940

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $216,000

Wheeling township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in Wheeling township, Illinois

874 people in nursing homes
69 people in religious group quarters
52 people in homes for the mentally retarded
25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
17 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
12 people in other workers' dormitories
5 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
3 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 32,996
One, attached: 6,835
Two: 422
3 or 4: 2,390
5 to 9: 5,378
10 to 19: 2,919
20 to 49: 3,774
50 or more: 6,714
Mobile homes: 441
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9

Median worth of mobile homes: $28,800

Housing units in Wheeling township with a mortgage: 26,815 (1,873 second mortgage, 4,321 home equity loan, 74 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,999

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 491
1995 to 1998: 1,816
1990 to 1994: 3,457
1980 to 1989: 11,682
1970 to 1979: 15,747
1960 to 1969: 14,873
1950 to 1959: 9,808
1940 to 1949: 2,323
1939 or earlier: 1,681

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wheeling township, Illinois:
	1 room: 54 2 rooms: 658 3 rooms: 1,946 4 rooms: 4,380 5 rooms: 8,906 6 rooms: 9,706 7 rooms: 8,557 8 rooms: 7,901 9 or more rooms: 5,198

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wheeling township, Illinois:
	1 room: 732 2 rooms: 1,842 3 rooms: 3,785 4 rooms: 3,454 5 rooms: 2,207 6 rooms: 514 7 rooms: 286 8 rooms: 138 9 or more rooms: 65

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wheeling township:
	no bedroom: 201 1 bedroom: 2,552 2 bedrooms: 11,054 3 bedrooms: 20,769 4 bedrooms: 11,051 5 or more bedrooms: 1,679

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wheeling township:
	no bedroom: 860 1 bedroom: 6,080 2 bedrooms: 4,819 3 bedrooms: 1,100 4 bedrooms: 157 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Cars and other vehicles available in Wheeling township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,436 1 vehicle: 14,527 2 vehicles: 23,125 3 vehicles: 6,161 4 vehicles: 1,559 5 or more vehicles: 498

Cars and other vehicles available in Wheeling township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,749 1 vehicle: 6,912 2 vehicles: 3,667 3 vehicles: 504 4 vehicles: 124 5 or more vehicles: 67

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
Construction (8%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
Educational services (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (13%)
Educational services (12%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Social assistance (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Computer specialists (7%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Engineers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Wheeling township:

German (17.6%)
Polish (13.0%)
Irish (10.9%)
Italian (8.3%)
English (4.0%)
Russian (3.7%)
United States or American (3.3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (28%)
Poland (14%)
India (8%)
Ukraine (5%)
Korea (4%)
Philippines (4%)
Russia (3%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 65,228 (80%)
Carpooled: 6,705 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 346 (0%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 7 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 280 (0%)
Railroad: 3,923 (5%)
Ferryboat: 17 (0%)
Taxi: 122 (0%)
Bicycle: 222 (0%)
Walked: 1,323 (2%)
Other means: 416 (1%)
Worked at home: 2,442 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (87%) Electricity (11%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Wheeling township, Illinois

874 people in nursing homes
69 people in religious group quarters
52 people in homes for the mentally retarded
25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
17 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
12 people in other workers' dormitories
5 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
3 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations

73.0% of residents of Wheeling township speak English at home.
9.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
12.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship

Households: 154,929

In family households: 133,814 (34,787 male householders, 7,198 female householders)
36,980 spouses, 46,100 children (43,582 natural, 1,169 adopted, 1,349 stepchildren), 1,065 grandchildren, 1,635 brothers or sisters, 1,432 parents, 2,867 other relatives, 1,750 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 21,115 (7,300 male householders (5,959 living alone)), 11,042 female householders (10,002 living alone)), 2,773 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,062 (892 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 17,622 2-persons, 8,933 3-persons, 9,065 4-persons, 4,129 5-persons, 1,536 6-persons, 700 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 15,961 1-person, 2,088 2-persons, 215 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 11 6-persons.

31,422 married couples with children.
4,061 single-parent households (900 men, 3,161 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,454

Here:	14.2%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 536

Here:	6.6%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,532

Here:	26.8%
Illinois:	25.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Wheeling township:

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