Photo: Stickman42 · CC BY-SA 4.0Cicero has lower unemployment (0.8%) than 96% of U.S. towns
19% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Jobs and income earn Cicero B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 4% work in Cicero; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (25%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Cicero
The better-paid jobs are outside Cicero
67% of Cicero residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Cicero pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Cicero’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cicero is Indianapolis, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (643) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Cicero is a place people come home to
There are 581 jobs based in Cicero, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cicero has about 3,600 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Cicero works from home
19% of Cicero workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Cicero than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Cicero fell from 786 in 2013 to 581 in 2023, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Cicero’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cicero is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #183 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Cicero’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($66,934, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cicero could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Inside Cicero’s 581 jobs
581 jobs are based in Cicero.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cicero, 2013 → 2023: 786 → 581. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cicero’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Cicero commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who commutes out of Cicero, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,504 residents head out to work, 92 work right here, and 489 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Cicero on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Cicero takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cicero workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,236 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of Cicero: the destinations
Where Cicero clocks in
25% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Most trips from Cicero start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cicero is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #436 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,755 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Cicero households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cicero’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,255th of 3,502: where Cicero ranks among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 82 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,253 | Oakwood GA | 7,245 | $68K | 8.1% | 3.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,254 | Georgia VT | 4,906 | $105K | 5.2% | 4.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,255 | Cicero IN | 5,581 | $67K | 11.5% | 0.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,256 | Wood Village OR | 4,706 | $85K | 16.6% | 2.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,257 | Sunset UT | 5,549 | $76K | 10.5% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cicero, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cicero: questions
What is the median household income in Cicero?
$66,934 (±$20,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cicero?
11.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cicero?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cicero work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (25%, 24 mi), Noblesville (13%, 6 mi), Carmel (11%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cicero walkable?
Cicero is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cicero without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cicero, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cicero
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.