WheatonWI
A town of 2,785.
Is Wheaton a good place to live?
Wheaton is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, ranked 161st of 357 in Wisconsin, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $103K. A typical home there costs about $303K, 4.1 years of the Eau Claire metro’s $75K median household income. Wheaton’s January low is 5°F, below both Wisconsin’s towns (11°F) and U.S. towns (22°F). The biggest park or preserve is Elk Creek Fishery Area, at 111 acres.
97% of working residents leave Wheaton for work
Where Wheaton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wheaton grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Wheaton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wheaton: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wheaton, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Wheaton.
Wheaton owes part of its health edge to its incomes, has added a third more jobs in ten years and has fewer 90° days than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin.
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Wheaton’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 398 in 2013 to 523.
Half commute less than 10 miles. Employers in Wheaton added 125 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 523. Also worth knowing: most people who work leave Wheaton to do it: just 3% work in town. For Wheaton, the mean commuting time is 19 minutes.
| Wheaton | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 6.3% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Wheaton, with inland flooding at the top
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Wheaton after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2016. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in 69% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 48% come from inland flooding and 27% from cold waves.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wheaton has snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Eau Claire Rgnl Ap weather station records that about 10 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 86% of Wisconsin places with climate records.
The typical July afternoon high in Wheaton is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Wisconsin overall
Wheaton: just over a quarter of residents are under 18. Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide). A bachelor’s degree or higher: 31% of adults 25 and older, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Wheaton | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 40.3 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.2 points). Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Wheaton | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.2% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.9% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.9% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.3% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.4% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.3% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 20% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.8% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.9% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.1% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,800, single groups can be off by several points
Wheaton ranks healthier than 60% of the country’s towns
Against the 8,114 U.S. towns with household incomes like Wheaton’s, it is less healthy than 63%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Wheaton, 76% had a checkup this year and 39% have obesity. The town tracks Wisconsin closely on all 32 CDC measures. In Wheaton, a fifth of adults binge drink.
| Wheaton | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 78% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 35% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wheaton has set aside 0.7% of its land for conservation
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 0.1 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Elk Creek Fishery Area | — | 111 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Wheaton
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Wheaton
About 4 of every 100 Wheaton residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Wheaton
Town in Wisconsin, United States
The Town of Wheaton is located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,759 at the 2020 census, up from 2,701 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Old Albertville and Pine Grove are located in the town.
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- Area
- 55 sq mi
- Elevation
- 981 ft
Wheaton’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Wheaton.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Union (B+) comes closest.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton | #161 | B+ | B− | — | B− | B |
| Chippewa Falls | #257 | B− | B− | B | B− | B− |
| Lake Hallie | #273 | B− | C+ | — | B− | B− |
| Eau Claire | #264 | B− | C+ | C+ | B− | A− |
| Elk Mound | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Tilden | — | — | B | — | B− | B− |
| Howard | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Union | #195 | B+ | B− | — | B− | B+ |
Elk Mound and Tilden have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wheaton, Lake Hallie, Elk Mound, Tilden and Union report no FBI crime data of their own. Howard isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wheaton with a neighbor →
Questions about Wheaton
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wheaton, WI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Wheaton grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #161 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B for health and B− for schools.
Is Wheaton, WI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.