Best PlacesCicero, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cicero, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cicero ranks 3,214th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cicero
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Cicero's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cicero ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
Where Cicero ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,317 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cicero
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cicero home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $110,042, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Cicero's effective rate of 2.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cicero
Cicero runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cicero.
Who works in Cicero, and how
Work in Cicero centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cicero
Cicero has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Cicero and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cicero, month by month
Cicero sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Cicero
The nearest airport, Syracuse Hancock International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 193 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cicero
Schools across Cicero average an A−, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cicero Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Lakeshore Road Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Smith Road Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gillette Road Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Cicero-north Syracuse High SchoolA+ · 96% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cicero school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cicero measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Cicero against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cicero
Is Cicero a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cicero ranks 3,214th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low crime, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cicero expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $259,229. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $110,042 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Cicero safe?
Yes, Cicero is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $176 per resident a year.
Compare Cicero with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cicero. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cicero represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Cicero detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cicero: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cicero: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cicero: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cicero: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cicero detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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