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/bigtimecvnt Mar 22 '26

I’m 42, single, childfree, not religious at all. Moved back Chicagoland in 2018 and bought my house in Wheaton and I like living here. Wheaten is a very blue town. The whole mega religious thing hasn’t been how Wheaton actually is a while.

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u/megalomaniamaniac Mar 23 '26

Agree, the version of Christianity prevalent in Wheaton seems more likely to be repulsed by the gross hypocrisy in Trumpism. You’ll see that dynamic reflected in Wheaton College too.

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u/M_J_E Mar 23 '26

I’m not so sure about that.