Photo: Joegrimes at English Wikipedia · Public domainCicero’s household incomes are higher than in 74% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income B+: better than 65% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #292 of 758 in New York.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns · #539 of 758 in New York.
Working residents average 20 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Cicero; the top destination outside it is Syracuse (25%, 10 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
Cicero trades workers with the towns around it
Cicero has about as many jobs (12,931) as working residents (14,572), but they are mostly different people: 13,043 residents leave for work each day while 11,402 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Cicero are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Cicero are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Cicero are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. 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 65% of U.S. towns, #292 of 758 in New York. Household income holds Cicero’s grade up ($96,463, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cicero could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 13,043 residents head out to work, 1,529 work right here, and 11,402 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cicero workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,805 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
What the 12,931 jobs in Cicero are
12,931 jobs are based in Cicero. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cicero’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cicero, 2013 → 2023: 12,026 → 12,931. 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.
25% of working residents work in Syracuse
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Cicero clocks in
25% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Cicero commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
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 46% of U.S. towns, #539 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 16,013 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 20% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 12% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.1% of Cicero households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cicero’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cicero is 714th of 1,334 U.S. towns of 22,000 to 42,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cicero, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Eastchester NY | 34,015 | $156K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Garden City NY | 23,043 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 52 | Clifton Park NY | 37,775 | $133K | 2.3% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 712 | West Warwick RI | 31,487 | $78K | 9.6% | 4.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 713 | Merritt Island FL | 34,992 | $94K | 7.4% | 4.1% | 10% | B+ |
| 714 | Cicero NY | 30,815 | $96K | 10.5% | 4.5% | 10% | B+ |
| 715 | Muhlenberg Township PA | 22,504 | $88K | 7.6% | 5.8% | 12% | B+ |
| 716 | Carteret NJ | 25,781 | $97K | 8.2% | 10.1% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,334 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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.
13% of Cicero works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Clay (10%). Darker towns draw more of Cicero’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cicero workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cicero | – | B+ | B− | 20 min | $96,463 |
| Constantia | under 2% | D | D | 37 min | $69,792 |
| Sullivan | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $80,948 |
| West Monroe | under 2% | B | D | 26 min | $90,558 |
| Hastings | 1% | C+ | C+ | 31 min | $84,027 |
| Bridgeport | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Clay | 10% | B+ | B | 21 min | $90,707 |
| Manlius | 2% | A− | A− | 21 min | $113,449 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bridgeport: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$96,463 (±$7,994) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cicero?
10.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cicero?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cicero work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (25%, 10 mi), DeWitt (13%, 8 mi), Clay (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cicero walkable?
Cicero is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cicero without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 12% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.