Cicero vs Palatine

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

Cicero and Palatine 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 66,548 in Palatine). Palatine has the higher median household income ($95,950 vs $68,548 in Cicero). Palatine has the higher median home value ($347,900 vs $236,000 in Cicero).

Population, income & housing

	Cicero	Palatine
Population	83,223	66,548
Median age	34.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,548	$95,950
Median home value	$236,000	$347,900
Median gross rent	$1,121	$1,467
Housing units	26,738	28,170
Homeownership rate	54.6%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cicero	Palatine
Population	82,330 → 83,223 (+1.1%)	68,407 → 66,548 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$49,367 → $68,548 (+38.9%)	$80,526 → $95,950 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $236,000 (+42.9%)	$284,400 → $347,900 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,121 (+19.3%)	$1,200 → $1,467 (+22.3%)

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

Palatine

Population

68,40766,548

Median household income

$80,526$95,950

Median home value

$284,400$347,900

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cicero	Palatine
Under 5	5.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.8%
75 and over	3.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cicero	Palatine
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	59.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	12.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	88.8%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cicero	Palatine
No high school diploma	31.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	37.6%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cicero	Palatine
Drove alone	68.7%	70.7%
Carpooled	15.3%	5.9%
Public transit	7.1%	2.3%
Walked	3.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.7%	18.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cicero	Palatine
1-unit, detached	41.8%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	44.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	21.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cicero	Palatine
Poverty rate	13.1%	10.1%
Average household size	3.29	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1938	1977