Carmel vs Cicero

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

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

Carmel has the higher population (100,501 vs 5,441 in Cicero). Carmel has the higher median household income ($134,602 vs $75,278 in Cicero). Carmel has the higher median home value ($455,500 vs $251,000 in Cicero).

Population, income & housing

	Carmel	Cicero
Population	100,501	5,441
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$134,602	$75,278
Median home value	$455,500	$251,000
Median gross rent	$1,607	$946
Housing units	40,477	2,594
Homeownership rate	74.6%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmel	Cicero
Population	97,464 → 100,501 (+3.1%)	4,891 → 5,441 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$112,765 → $134,602 (+19.4%)	$67,702 → $75,278 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$333,200 → $455,500 (+36.7%)	$148,000 → $251,000 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,207 → $1,607 (+33.1%)	$907 → $946 (+4.3%)

Carmel

Population

97,464100,501

Median household income

$112,765$134,602

Median home value

$333,200$455,500

Median gross rent

$1,207$1,607

Cicero

Population

4,8915,441

Median household income

$67,702$75,278

Median home value

$148,000$251,000

Median gross rent

$907$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmel	Cicero
Under 5	5.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	20.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.2%
75 and over	5.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmel	Cicero
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	98.2%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	11.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmel	Cicero
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	8.0%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	42.5%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmel	Cicero
Drove alone	69.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	18.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmel	Cicero
1-unit, detached	70.4%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Carmel	Cicero
Poverty rate	3.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1997	1980