City profile · Small City
Wheeling, Illinois
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Wheeling, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Pat Horcher
- Role
- Village President
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 34,496
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcewheelingil.gov/190/Village-President ↗
- Official leadership pagewheelingil.gov/190/Village-President ↗
- City websitewheelingil.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Pat Horcher CurrentVillage President · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 34,496
- Median household income
- $80,054
- Median age
- 39.7
- Land area
- 8.67 sq mi
- Population density
- 3,978.8 per sq mi
- County
- Cook County
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$121M
- City hall phone
- (847) 499-9095
- Official website
- wheelingil.gov ↗
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