Cicero vs Skokie

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

Cicero and Skokie 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 66,427 in Skokie). Skokie has the higher median household income ($93,550 vs $68,548 in Cicero). Skokie has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $236,000 in Cicero).

Population, income & housing

	Cicero	Skokie
Population	83,223	66,427
Median age	34.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,548	$93,550
Median home value	$236,000	$368,600
Median gross rent	$1,121	$1,491
Housing units	26,738	25,014
Homeownership rate	54.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cicero	Skokie
Population	82,330 → 83,223 (+1.1%)	63,821 → 66,427 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$49,367 → $68,548 (+38.9%)	$73,046 → $93,550 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $236,000 (+42.9%)	$318,800 → $368,600 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,121 (+19.3%)	$1,271 → $1,491 (+17.3%)

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

Skokie

Population

63,82166,427

Median household income

$73,046$93,550

Median home value

$318,800$368,600

Median gross rent

$1,271$1,491

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cicero	Skokie
Under 5	5.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	13.4%
75 and over	3.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cicero	Skokie
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	48.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	27.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	88.8%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cicero	Skokie
No high school diploma	31.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	37.6%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cicero	Skokie
Drove alone	68.7%	60.3%
Carpooled	15.3%	12.5%
Public transit	7.1%	5.5%
Walked	3.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.1%
Worked from home	4.7%	16.5%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cicero	Skokie
1-unit, detached	41.8%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	44.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cicero	Skokie
Poverty rate	13.1%	9.6%
Average household size	3.29	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1938	1959