Wheeler, Indiana

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Wheeler, Indiana | settlement_type = Census-designated place | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label = | image_skyline = File:Wheeler, Indiana.jpg | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Indiana | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Porter | subdivision_type3 = Township | subdivision_name3 = Union | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_18.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref> | unit_pref = Imperial | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 6.88 | area_land_km2 = 6.88 | area_water_km2 = 0.00 | area_total_sq_mi = 2.66 | area_land_sq_mi = 2.66 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 435 | population_density_km2 = 63.24 | population_density_sq_mi = 163.78 | coordinates = {{coord|41|30|20|N|87|10|32|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} | timezone = Central (CST) | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 676 | postal_code_type = ZIP code | postal_code = 46393 | area_code = 219 | blank_name = GNIS feature ID | blank_info = 2629887<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2629887}}</ref> | blank1_name = FIPS code | blank1_info = 18-83600<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau | access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> | website = | footnotes = | image_map = File:Porter County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Wheeler Highlighted 1883600.svg | map_caption = Location of Wheeler in Porter County, Indiana. }}

'''Wheeler''' is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in northern Union Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It lies along State Road 130, northwest of the city of Valparaiso.<ref>DeLorme. ''Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer''. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 19. {{ISBN|0-89933-319-2}}.</ref> Although Wheeler is unincorporated, it had a post office, with the ZIP code of 46393.<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=46393 Zip Code Lookup]</ref> As of the 2020 census, Wheeler had a population of 435.<ref name="Census2020PLLede">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A83600&in=state%3A18|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=March 11, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> ==History== Wheeler was founded in 1858 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofporterc01lewi#page/358/mode/2up | title=History of Porter County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | year=1912 | pages=180}}</ref> A post office was in operation at Wheeler from 1858 to July 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Porter | title=Porter County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |2010= 443 |2020= 435 |align=left |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }} The population at the 2010 census was 443. There were 214 males (48.4%) and 229 females (51.6%). The median resident age is 48.5 in Wheeler compared to the median age of 37.7 in Indiana. The estimated median household income in 2017 was $65,747 In Wheeler compared to $54,181 in Indiana. The estimated per capita income in 2017 was $32,521. The percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017 was 3%.

==Education== Wheeler is served by the Union Township School Corporation, which includes Wheeler High School, Union Township Middle School, and two elementary schools. Wheeler today is still part of Union Township and has remained as the largest community in the township by population.

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Category:Census-designated places in Porter County, Indiana Category:Census-designated places in Indiana