The median home value in Wheeling, IL is $321,429 as of 2026-06-30, up 4.56% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$321,429
Year-over-Year
+4.56%
Population
37,251
Wheeling ranks #138 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 0.9% above the state's city median of $318,423. It sits in Cook County, where the county-wide median is $343,350.
Wheeling police recorded a violent crime rate of 62 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 907 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Wheeling is $321,429. That's up 4.56% from a year earlier. That is about 0.9% above the typical county in Illinois.
Homes in Wheeling are cheaper than Cook County as a whole, where the median is $343,350 — a difference of about 6.4%.
Wheeling police reported 62 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 37,251. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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