Work & commute · Cicero

Work & commute in Cicero, IL

Most working residents leave Cicero for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (36%), Berwyn (2%) and Elk Grove Village (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,574 of 27,971 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,397 Cicero residents head out of town to work, 2,574 work right here, and 15,777 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cicero.

25,397live here, work elsewhere

2,574live and work here

15,777work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cicero goes to work

Chicago3.9 mi away

36%10,130

Cicero (in town)right here

9%2,574

Berwyn1.6 mi away

2%569

Elk Grove Village16.3 mi away

2%444

Bedford Park5.3 mi away

1%338

Oak Brook10 mi away

1%330

Maywood5 mi away

1%315

Downers Grove13.9 mi away

1%297

Melrose Park6.7 mi away

1%295

Forest Park3.3 mi away

1%290

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%12,389

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Cicero commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

64%

28%

64%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cicero is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cicero are

18,351 jobs are based in Cicero. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cicero’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cicero

18,351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Cicero residents hold

27,971 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+31%

Jobs based in Cicero, 2013 → 2023: 14,062 → 18,351. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.