Chicago vs Cicero

A side-by-side comparison of Chicago and Cicero: population, income, housing, and more.

Chicago and Cicero are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chicago has the higher population (2,707,648 vs 83,223 in Cicero). Chicago has the higher median household income ($75,134 vs $68,548 in Cicero). Chicago has the higher median home value ($315,200 vs $236,000 in Cicero).

Population, income & housing

	Chicago	Cicero
Population	2,707,648	83,223
Median age	35.7 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,134	$68,548
Median home value	$315,200	$236,000
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,121
Housing units	1,268,199	26,738
Homeownership rate	45.5%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicago	Cicero
Population	2,709,534 → 2,707,648 (-0.1%)	82,330 → 83,223 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$58,247 → $75,134 (+29.0%)	$49,367 → $68,548 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $315,200 (+22.2%)	$165,100 → $236,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,380 (+24.1%)	$940 → $1,121 (+19.3%)

Chicago

Population

2,709,5342,707,648

Median household income

$58,247$75,134

Median home value

$258,000$315,200

Median gross rent

$1,112$1,380

Cicero

Population

82,33083,223

Median household income

$49,367$68,548

Median home value

$165,100$236,000

Median gross rent

$940$1,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicago	Cicero
Under 5	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.7%
25 to 34	19.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.1%
75 and over	5.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicago	Cicero
White (non-Hispanic)	32.2%	7.4%
Black or African American	28.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	29.6%	88.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicago	Cicero
No high school diploma	13.2%	31.8%
High school graduate	21.3%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicago	Cicero
Drove alone	46.0%	68.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	15.3%
Public transit	19.3%	7.1%
Walked	5.7%	3.2%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.3%	4.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicago	Cicero
1-unit, detached	25.6%	41.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	28.1%	44.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	26.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Chicago	Cicero
Poverty rate	16.8%	13.1%
Average household size	2.32	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1952	1938