Illinois · Census place 1781048
Wheaton, Illinois
Wheaton is a city in DuPage County, Illinois with an estimated 53,741 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 26th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 53,741
- #26 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -0.3%
- -158 people
- Land area
- 11.3 sq mi
- + 0.17 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,747 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Wheaton population, 2020 to 2024
Wheaton lost 158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +340. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 128th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Wheaton is 3.6 times that size.
Wheaton covers 11.32 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 4,747 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Wheaton is denser than the typical town.
What county Wheaton is in
All of Wheaton's residents live in DuPage County, which had 937,142 residents in 2024. Wheaton holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wheaton
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Wheaton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60187, 60189. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Wheaton is
The Census internal point of Wheaton is at 41.856800, -88.108100. Springfield, the capital, is 164.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Naperville, IL (153,124 people), 8.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.856800, -88.108100
- DMS
- 41°51'24.48"N 88°06'29.16"W
- UTM
- 16N 408023.7E 4634470.6N
- Geohash
- dp3q55c9s
- Plus code
- 86HHVV4R+PQ
Daylight in Wheaton
At 41.86° N, Wheaton gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wheaton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Glen Ellyn, 2.4 miles away, with 28,872 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wheaton, IL?
53,741 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 158 (0.3%) from 53,899 in July 2020.
What county is Wheaton in?
DuPage County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wheaton?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60187, 60189.
How far is Wheaton from Springfield?
164.5 miles (264.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Wheaton.
What is the nearest larger city to Wheaton?
Naperville, IL, with 153,124 residents, 8.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.