Cicero vs Evanston

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

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

Cicero has the higher population (83,223 vs 76,552 in Evanston). Evanston has the higher median household income ($95,766 vs $68,548 in Cicero). Evanston has the higher median home value ($472,300 vs $236,000 in Cicero).

Population, income & housing

	Cicero	Evanston
Population	83,223	76,552
Median age	34.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,548	$95,766
Median home value	$236,000	$472,300
Median gross rent	$1,121	$1,698
Housing units	26,738	33,914
Homeownership rate	54.6%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	70.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cicero	Evanston
Population	82,330 → 83,223 (+1.1%)	74,587 → 76,552 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$49,367 → $68,548 (+38.9%)	$78,904 → $95,766 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $236,000 (+42.9%)	$391,400 → $472,300 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,121 (+19.3%)	$1,376 → $1,698 (+23.4%)

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

Evanston

Population

74,58776,552

Median household income

$78,904$95,766

Median home value

$391,400$472,300

Median gross rent

$1,376$1,698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cicero	Evanston
Under 5	5.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	12.7%	15.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.4%
75 and over	3.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cicero	Evanston
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	58.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	88.8%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cicero	Evanston
No high school diploma	31.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	37.6%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	40.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cicero	Evanston
Drove alone	68.7%	42.0%
Carpooled	15.3%	4.1%
Public transit	7.1%	13.0%
Walked	3.2%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	3.2%
Worked from home	4.7%	25.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cicero	Evanston
1-unit, detached	41.8%	31.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	44.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	18.9%
20 or more units	1.5%	30.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cicero	Evanston
Poverty rate	13.1%	11.9%
Average household size	3.29	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1938	1952