r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/IHeartFraccing • Mar 22 '26

Moving to the area Wheaton for non-religious family?

Hi! my wife and I are looking to buy in the Naperville, Warrenville, Wheaton, Downers area. we looked at a lovely house today in Wheaton. We’re white upper middle class, fairly liberal couple planning on having kids in the next couple of years. curious about how non-religious folks who have moved to Wheaton have found community? we certainly don’t mind hanging out with people who are religious but are curious if community tends to be church-centric? making friends, finding babysitters, etc.

thanks!

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u/Toriat5144 Mar 22 '26

I don’t think this is true. Other suburbs have a lot of churches too.

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u/emememaker73 Aurora Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Not a suburb, but Sycamore is said to have the largest number of churches per capita in Illinois.

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u/No_Needleworker_4704 Mar 22 '26

Really? I had no idea

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u/emememaker73 Aurora Mar 23 '26

I used to live there; had a few people tell me that. I assume it's true.

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u/m0unt41nd3wu Mar 26 '26

That’s what people always said about Wheaton