Wheeling is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 34,411 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Wheeling is the 56th largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wheeling is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wheeling is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wheeling who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.46%), sales jobs (11.83%), and management occupations (7.38%).

Also of interest is that Wheeling has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Wheeling Information and Demographics

The education level of Wheeling citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 32.15% of adults in Wheeling have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Wheeling in 2000 was $24,989, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,956 for a family of four.

Wheeling is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Wheeling home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wheeling is White, followed by Asian. Wheeling also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.92% of the village's residents. Important ancestries of people in Wheeling include German, Polish, Irish, Russian, Italian, and English.

In addition, Wheeling has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (31.43%).

The languages spoken by people in Wheeling are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Wheeling is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Russian, and Polish.