CiceroWI
A town of 1,013, settled in 1880.
Is Cicero a good place to live?
Cicero’s best subject grade is a B+ for incomes; its weakest is a C− for schools. Only 63 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on the outdoors. Cicero has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Cicero stand out
Where Cicero beats most towns.
1,013 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Cicero grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Cicero is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Cicero: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cicero, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cicero.
Fewer of Cicero’s working residents work locally than in the typical Wisconsin or U.S. town
The top destinations are Appleton (10%), Fox Crossing (6%) and New London (5%). For Cicero, the mean commuting time is 31 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 20 miles. 5.7% of residents live below the poverty line here, below both the Wisconsin town median (6.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Cicero | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cicero has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in just over three quarters of U.S. communities. One declared disaster, in 2026, has brought federal aid to Cicero households. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 59% come from inland flooding and 21% from cold waves.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Cicero, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Cicero’s peak summer temperature stands at 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical home in Cicero is valued at about $407K
In Cicero, 92% of households live in a home they own. Values rose 8% in the 12 months to September 2026. The midpoint rent for Cicero comes to $1,109 a month, close to Wisconsin’s towns ($1,078 a month) and below U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
| Cicero | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,109 a month | $1,078 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
On CDC estimates, Cicero is healthier than three in five U.S. towns
The share of adults in Cicero who sleep under 7 hours: 33%. This Wisconsin town tracks Wisconsin closely on all 32 CDC measures.
| Cicero | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 20% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 32% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 35% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Cicero, 0.5% of the land is conserved
2.0 miles of trail. In Cicero, the trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Cicero | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lambeau Field and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cicero. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaLambeau Field
36 mi LakeLake Winnebago
19 mi Stadium & arenaResch Center
19 mi MuseumNational Railroad Museum
22 mi Theme parkBay Beach Amusement Park
39 mi MuseumEAA Aviation MuseumPhoto credits
Lambeau Field: JL1Row, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Winnebago: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Resch Center: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · National Railroad Museum: Dual Freq, CC BY 3.0 · Bay Beach Amusement Park: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0 · EAA Aviation Museum: self, CC BY-SA 2.5
Everything we know about Cicero
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cicero; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Cicero residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
99% of working residents leave Cicero for work
Where Cicero’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Cicero
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Cicero is a town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,008 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 801 ft
Questions about Cicero
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cicero, WI expensive?
That is 4.7 years of the area's median household income ($85,825 across the Appleton, WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.