Apartments in Milwaukee Avenue Wheeling

Wheeling:
May Rent Report

Welcome to the May 2026 Wheeling Apartment Report. In this assessment of the local rental market, Rentable data scientists and rental experts break down the May 2026 key findings and figures for the Wheeling rental landscape.

Our experts analyze the pricing trends — one-bedroom, two-bedroom, year-over-year and month-over-month — in Wheeling and surrounding areas and provide comparisons to the entire metro area, nearby cities and some of the most desirable and expensive cities in the United States. Take a look at the last 12 months of Wheeling average rent prices in the chart below.

May Prices: Wheeling vs. Surrounding Areas

Rent Prices in Wheeling and Surrounding Areas

Rent prices have decreased in Wheeling over the last month. But how have the surrounding areas fared when it comes to the recent volatility in apartment prices? Rent prices in 0 of the Wheeling suburbs increased last month. On the other hand, 0 local areas experienced a decrease in the price of a one-bedroom apartment.

More key findings include:

• Rents did not increase in any of the Wheeling suburbs

• Rents did not decrease in any of the Wheeling suburbs.

Data set for Wheeling and suburbs

Methodology

Each month, using over 1 million Rentable listings across the United States, we calculate the median 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom rent prices by city, state, and nation, and track the month-over-month percent change. To avoid small sample sizes, we restrict the analysis for our reports to cities meeting minimum population and property count thresholds.