When will the power be back in Wheeling, IL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Wheeling is a village of about 38,329 residents in Cook County.
ComEd has reported outages for Wheeling by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Wheeling is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Wheeling:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Wheeling: the closest other places we track are Prospect Heights, about 2 miles to the south; Buffalo Grove, about 3 miles to the northwest; Arlington Heights, about 4 miles to the southwest; and Deerfield, about 4 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Northbrook (5 mi E), Mount Prospect (5 mi S), Glenview (6 mi SE), Palatine (6 mi W), Rolling Meadows (6 mi SW), Des Plaines (7 mi S), Highland Park (7 mi NE) and Vernon Hills (7 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Libertyville (11 mi); northeast toward Lake Forest (8 mi); east toward Winnetka (9 mi); southeast toward Park Ridge (9 mi); south toward Elk Grove Village (9 mi); southwest toward Schaumburg (11 mi); west toward Barrington (11 mi); and northwest toward Lake Zurich (9 mi).
Who serves Wheeling?
We track live outage data from ComEd in Cook County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Village of Winnetka also serves parts of Cook County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Wheeling's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 168 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 30 — 168 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 17 — 49 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 30 — 59 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 27 — 248 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
County context: across all of Cook County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 12.5 hr. The full record for Cook County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Wheeling, IL?
To check your own street, search a Wheeling ZIP code — 60090 — and the map opens on that area.
