What does a typical morning commute look like in Cicero?
Map AI9/10/26, 12:16 PM
Commute Time Burden in Cicero: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Cicero spend about 60 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 250 hours, about 10.4 full days, spent commuting.
That is 26% more time on the road than the Illinois average of 23.8 minutes each way, a difference of 6.2 minutes.
Cicero holds about 0.6% of Illinois's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Cicero would save about 100 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,101 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Cicero
30.0 min
60.0 min
250 hrs/yr
$7,752
5,717
Illinois
23.8 min
47.6 min
198 hrs/yr
$6,148
1,547
United States
22.5 min
44.9 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,803
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
Cicero Commute Map
On average, it takes
30.0
minutes to get to work in
Cicero.
That's 34% longer than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
,
followed by
12:00 PM – 03:59 PM
.
Most people travel to work by
Car
, followed by
Public Transportation
.
About 4.7%
work from home.
Commute mode distribution
Car:
83.9%
Public Transportation:
7.1%
Worked at Home:
4.7%
Walked:
3.2%
Bicycle:
0.4%
Taxi:
0.3%
Other:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Cicero, versus 0.1% in Illinois.
How does Cicero's commute time compare?
Metric
Cicero
Illinois
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.0 min
23.8 min
22.5 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
12:00 PM – 03:59 PM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
4.7%
14.0%
13.4%
Walked
3.2%
2.7%
2.4%
Public Transit
7.1%
6.4%
3.5%
The average commute time in Cicero is 30.0 minutes, longer than the 23.8 minutes in Illinois.
7.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 6.4% in Illinois. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.7% in Illinois.
Common questions about commuting in Cicero, Illinois.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Cicero, Illinois?
Commuters here spend an estimated 250 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,752 at a typical national wage. That's 26% more than the typical Illinois commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Cicero, Illinois?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Cicero, Illinois. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 PM – 03:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.