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Population (year 2000): 721. Estimated
population in July 2005: 732 (+1.5% change)
Males: 337 (46.7%), Females: 384 (53.3%)
Zip code:
64874
Median resident age: 31.5 years
Median household income: $21,354 (year 2000)
Median house value: $43,700 (year 2000)
Races in Wheaton:
- White Non-Hispanic (89.2%)
- Hispanic (8.7%)
- Other race (4.6%)
- Two or more races (2.1%)
- American Indian (1.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (20.0%), German
(10.4%), Irish (7.4%), English (5.0%), French (3.9%), Polish
(2.6%).
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wheaton
- High school or higher: 70.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.2%
- Unemployed: 5.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wheaton city
- Never married: 19.2%
- Now married: 57.5%
- Separated: 1.1%
- Widowed: 10.7%
- Divorced: 11.5%
6.4% Foreign born (6.1% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +81 (+12.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wheaton:
- COX-MONETT HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; MONETT, MO)
- SOUTH BARRY COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 16 miles;
CASSVILLE, MO)
- FREEMAN NEOSHO HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; NEOSHO, MO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wheaton:
- NORTHWEST ARKANSAS RGNL (about 39 miles;
FAYETTEVILLE/SPRINGDALE/, AR; ID: XNA)
- JOPLIN REGIONAL (about 40 miles; JOPLIN, MO; ID: JLN)
- DRAKE FIELD (about 53 miles; FAYETTEVILLE, AR; ID:
FYV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wheaton:
- MONETT MUNI (about 11 miles; MONETT, MO; ID: M58)
- CASSVILLE MUNI (about 13 miles; CASSVILLE, MO; ID:
94K)
- NEOSHO HUGH ROBINSON (about 23 miles; NEOSHO, MO;
ID: EOS)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wheaton:
- NORTHWEST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31
miles; BENTONVILLE, AR; Full-time enrollment: 2,197)
- MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE COLLEGE (about 39 miles;
JOPLIN, MO; FT enrollment: 4,569)
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MAIN CAMPUS (about 50 miles;
FAYETTEVILLE, AR; FT enrollment: 13,324)
- DRURY UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles; Springfield, MO;
FT enrollment: 3,125)
- OZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, MO; FT enrollment: 3,756)
- SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, MO; FT enrollment: 14,680)
- PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles;
PITTSBURG, KS; FT enrollment: 5,566)
Public high school in Wheaton:
- WHEATON HIGH (Students: 198; Location: 116
MCCALL; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Wheaton:
- WHEATON ELEM. (Students: 236; Location: 116
MCCALL; Grades: KG - 06)
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