Wheaton, Illinois

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 21 miles [33 km] to the east of Wheaton and has a population of 2,896,016 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 11 miles [17 km] to the southwest of Wheaton and has a population of 142,990 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington Heights	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Bolingbrook	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Cicero	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Evanston	NE	24 mi [38.62 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Joliet	S	23 mi [37.01 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Mount Prospect	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	53,338	5.2% decrease
	Naperville	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Palatine	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	NE	22 mi [35.41 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Waukegan	N	37 mi [59.5 km]	90,788	3.28% increase
	Gary (IN)	SE	43 mi [69.2 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
	Hammond (IN)	SE	35 mi [56.3 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Addison	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	36,917	2.79% increase
	Bartlett	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	42,209	14.99% increase
	Bloomingdale	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	21,848	0.8% increase
	Carol Stream	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	40,004	1.07% decrease
	Downers Grove	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	49,250	1.08% increase
	Glen Ellyn	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	27,142	0.53% increase
	Glendale Heights	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	31,847	0.26% increase
	Lisle	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	23,135	9.22% increase
	Lombard	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	42,890	1.34% increase
	Oak Brook Terrace	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	2,221	3.43% decrease
	Villa Park	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	22,198	0.56% increase
	Warrenville	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	13,033	2.47% decrease
	West Chicago	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	26,454	12.72% increase
	Winfield	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	9,984	14.52% increase
	York Center	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	---

DuPage County

Wheaton is located in DuPage County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of DuPage: Cook, Kane, Kendall and Will.

While not sharing a border with DuPage, the following counties are close to Wheaton: Lake, Tazewell and Coles.

Below are counties that are near Wheaton (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Wheaton:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Wheaton
	Boone County	NW	Herbert	39 miles [62 km]
	Coles County	N	Country Club Estates	21 miles [33 km]
	Cook County	NW	Bartlett	8 miles [12 km]
	DeKalb County	W	Maple Park	25 miles [40 km]
	Grundy County	S	Minooka	29 miles [46 km]
	Kane County	W	Woodland Hills	8 miles [12 km]
	Kendall County	SW	Wolfs	13 miles [20 km]
	La Salle County	SW	Northville	36 miles [57 km]
	Lake County	N	Deer Chase	20 miles [32 km]
	McHenry County	N	Camp Algonquin	24 miles [38 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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