Wheaton homes are selling fast, drawing triple the national average in online views and landing the city's 60187 ZIP code at No. 10 on Realtor.com's 2026 Hottest ZIP Codes report.

The annual ranking, published Aug. 10, scores ZIP codes by online buyer demand and listing speed using data from January through June 2026. Wheaton's 60187 attracted three times as many viewers per property as the national average, and homes spent an average of 25 days on the market. The median list price was $575,000.

The ZIP code covers downtown Wheaton, Northside and parts of the Emerson, Hawthorne and Lowell Schools neighborhoods, Patch reported. Homes there sold at just 0.28 percent below asking price, closer to list than the national norm and outperforming the broader Chicago market.

That $575,000 median is 55.7 percent above the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro median of $369,075, according to Realtor.com. Buyers in 60187 put down an average of 18.3 percent, or about $98,533, and carried a median credit score of 773. Nationally, the average down payment is 13.1 percent with a median score of 747.

Hannah Jones, senior economist at Realtor.com, told CNBC the list reflects a shift in what buyers want. "The list has really migrated from being bang for your buck, more affordable ZIP-code focused to established neighborhoods that offer value but tend to be higher price," Jones said.

Wheaton's median household income of $129,694 sits 11 percent above the $116,825 Realtor.com estimates a buyer would need to afford the typical home, assuming a 20 percent down payment and a 6.55 percent mortgage rate. The average 30-year fixed rate averaged about 6.3 percent through the first half of 2026, down from 6.8 percent a year earlier.

About 77 percent of online viewers searching 60187 listings were in the Chicago area. The largest share of out-of-market interest came from the Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisconsin, area at 1.4 percent.

All 10 of this year's hottest ZIP codes sit in the Northeast or Midwest, NewsNation reported. The South and West have been absent from the list for four consecutive years. Inventory in the top 10 ZIPs was about 60.5 percent below pre-pandemic levels, compared with an 11.3 percent shortfall nationwide.

Wheaton was the only Chicago-area ZIP on the list.