Cicero vs Schaumburg

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

Cicero and Schaumburg 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 76,780 in Schaumburg). Schaumburg has the higher median household income ($94,690 vs $68,548 in Cicero). Schaumburg has the higher median home value ($312,200 vs $236,000 in Cicero).

Population, income & housing

	Cicero	Schaumburg
Population	83,223	76,780
Median age	34.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,548	$94,690
Median home value	$236,000	$312,200
Median gross rent	$1,121	$1,774
Housing units	26,738	33,632
Homeownership rate	54.6%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cicero	Schaumburg
Population	82,330 → 83,223 (+1.1%)	74,194 → 76,780 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$49,367 → $68,548 (+38.9%)	$83,096 → $94,690 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $236,000 (+42.9%)	$251,100 → $312,200 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,121 (+19.3%)	$1,440 → $1,774 (+23.2%)

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

Schaumburg

Population

74,19476,780

Median household income

$83,096$94,690

Median home value

$251,100$312,200

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cicero	Schaumburg
Under 5	5.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	12.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.4%
75 and over	3.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cicero	Schaumburg
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	56.0%
Black or African American	3.1%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	23.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	88.8%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cicero	Schaumburg
No high school diploma	31.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	37.6%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cicero	Schaumburg
Drove alone	68.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	15.3%	5.2%
Public transit	7.1%	3.5%
Walked	3.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.7%	17.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cicero	Schaumburg
1-unit, detached	41.8%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	18.9%
2 to 4 units	44.0%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Cicero	Schaumburg
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.0%
Average household size	3.29	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1938	1979