Population

52,926

US Census ACS 2024 5-year average

Median home value

$501,200

Owner-occupied units

Wheaton, MD

Maryland · 39.049° N, 77.058° W · 7 sq mi

Wheaton is a city in Maryland, with a population of 52,926 and about 7,673 residents per square mile. The median household earns $111,478 a year, and the median home is worth $501,200.

Conditions

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Sunrise & sunset

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Local time

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Size & density

Land area

7 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

7,673

People per square mile

Rank by population

#835

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#860

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$111,478

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$2,163

Per month

Homeownership

64.6%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

31.6 min

One way

People

Median age

37.7

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

38.7%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

43.2%

Households

16,932

3.11 people each

What people here do for work

Professional & business services 19.8^%

Education & health care 18.5^%

Construction 12.4^%

Retail trade 10.4^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

Wealthiest person in Maryland

Name

Annette Lerner & family

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$5.5B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Chevy Chase

Source of wealth

Real estate

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in Maryland · private sector

Employer

Johns Hopkins

Sector

Education & health

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.

Largest public company in Maryland

Company

Lockheed Martin

Revenue

$71.0B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

Bethesda

Ticker

LMT

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

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State of Maryland

State bird

Baltimore Oriole

State flower

Black-eyed Susan

State capital

Annapolis

Nickname

The Old Line State

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