Town guide

Stickney, Illinois

Stickney is a village in Cook County, Illinois, home to about 6,952 people across 1.9 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 60402 and 60804.

Homes sold for a median of $209 per square foot across 2 ZIP codes in the three months ending August 2026, and 1 of 2 were seller’s markets.

Population6,9523,621 per sq mi
Median home value$244,900Census, as estimated by owners
Price per sq ft$209Sold homes, 3 months to August 2026
Sold over asking41%Median of 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes in Stickney

2 ZIP codes, 2 shared with neighboring towns

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Around Stickney

Distances

Nearest major airportChicago Midway International Airport (MDW)4 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+Chicago, IL5 miles away

Straight-line distances from the center of Stickney; driving is longer.

Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Who represents Stickney

Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.

Population over time

Stickney had 7,110 residents in the 2020 census, up 16% since 2000.

It’s the 285th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.

Cook County grew from 1,838,735 residents in 1900 to 5,275,541 in 2020.

Stickney population by census2000: 6,148, 2010: 6,786, 2020: 7,1106,14820006,78620107,1102020

Cook County, 1900–2020

Cook County population, 1900 to 20201900: 1,838,735, 1910: 2,405,233, 1920: 3,053,017, 1930: 3,982,123, 1940: 4,063,342, 1950: 4,508,792, 1960: 5,129,725, 1970: 5,492,369, 1980: 5,253,655, 1990: 5,105,067, 2000: 5,376,741, 2010: 5,194,675, 2020: 5,275,5411.8M’00’103.1M’20’304.1M’40’505.1M’60’705.3M’80’905.4M’00’105.3M’20

Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).

Weather by month

Average highs peak around 85°F in summer, and winter lows average 19°F. About 34.7 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.

Average high and low temperature and precipitation by month near StickneyJan: high 33°F, low 19°F, 1.5 in; Feb: high 37°F, low 23°F, 1.5 in; Mar: high 48°F, low 32°F, 1.9 in; Apr: high 60°F, low 41°F, 3.6 in; May: high 71°F, low 52°F, 4.1 in; Jun: high 81°F, low 62°F, 4 in; Jul: high 85°F, low 68°F, 3.6 in; Aug: high 83°F, low 66°F, 4 in; Sep: high 76°F, low 59°F, 2.8 in; Oct: high 63°F, low 47°F, 3.5 in; Nov: high 49°F, low 35°F, 2.4 in; Dec: high 38°F, low 25°F, 1.8 in33°19°Jan1.537°23°Feb1.548°32°Mar1.960°41°Apr3.671°52°May4.181°62°Jun4.085°68°Jul3.683°66°Aug4.076°59°Sep2.863°47°Oct3.549°35°Nov2.438°25°Dec1.8Rain and melted snow, inches

Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Midway Ap, IL weather station (4 miles away).

Jobs in Cook County

2,492,328 jobs at 134,513 businesses in Cook County. The biggest industries by employees:

Largest industries in Cook CountyHealth care and social assistance: 398,573 jobs; Professional services: 278,869 jobs; Hotels and restaurants: 237,304 jobs; Retail trade: 214,575 jobs; Finance and insurance: 211,929 jobs; Manufacturing: 174,930 jobs; Transportation and warehousing: 163,637 jobs; Administrative and support: 141,323 jobsHealth care and social assistance 16% Professional services 11% Hotels and restaurants 10% Retail trade 9% Finance and insurance 9% Manufacturing 7% Transportation and warehousing 7% Administrative and support 6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).

Health care

961 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Stickney’s ZIP codes.

Nearest hospitals

  • Macneal HospitalGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 3 of 5 · Berwyn1.1 miles
  • Loretto HospitalGeneral hospital · emergency room · Chicago2.5 miles
  • Rush Oak Park HospitalGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 4 of 5 · Oak Park3.3 miles

Providers with an office here

Primary care doctors213
Specialist doctors146
Dentists103
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants101
Mental health providers312
Physical and occupational therapists47
Optometrists18
Chiropractors21
Pharmacies17

Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.

Places in and around Stickney

Parks (18 nearby)

  • Columbus Park · 12 acres0.6 mi
  • Cicero Community Park · 10 acres1.0 mi
  • Janura Park · 8 acres0.9 mi
  • Baseball Alley · 5 acres0.7 mi
  • Hawthorne Park · 5 acres0.9 mi
  • Kolar Park · 5 acres0.7 mi

Grocery stores (3 nearby)

  • Torres Fresh Market0.6 mi
  • Torres Supermercado1.0 mi
  • Familia Fresh Market1.1 mi

Pharmacies (2 nearby)

  • Walgreens0.5 mi
  • Walgreens1.0 mi

Libraries

  • Cicero Public Library1.3 mi
  • Berwyn Public Library1.6 mi
  • Stickney-Forest View Public Library1.8 mi
  • John Toman Branch Library2.5 mi
  • Riverside Public Library2.5 mi

Museums

  • Riverside Historical Museum2.5 mi
  • 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum3.3 mi
  • Oak Park River Forest Museum3.6 mi
  • Brookfield Historical Society3.7 mi
  • Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center3.9 mi

Theaters and performance venues (1 nearby)

  • Jedlica Performing Arts Center1.0 mi

Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.

Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.

Colleges, teams and notable people

Established in 1913.

Source: Wikidata (wikidata.org), the free knowledge base; people are listed by place of birth.

Schools in Stickney

Public schools here are run by Cicero SD 99, Lyons SD 103, Berwyn South SD 100 and others. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.

Public schools (33)
SchoolGradesStudentsTypeDistance
Abe Lincoln Elem SchoolCiceroPre-K–6717Public0.6 mi
Cicero West Elementary SchoolCiceroPre-K–3557Public1.5 mi
Columbus West Elementary SchoolCiceroPre-K–3534Public0.6 mi
District 99 Early Childhood CtrCiceroPre-K232Public0.9 mi
Edison Elem SchoolStickneyPre-K–5282Public1.5 mi
Goodwin Elementary SchoolCiceroPre-K–6502Public0.4 mi
Hiawatha Elem SchoolBerwynPre-K–5394Public0.9 mi
Home Elem SchoolStickneyPre-K–5256Public2.2 mi
Irving Elem SchoolBerwynPre-K–5415Public1.3 mi
Jefferson Elem SchoolBerwynPre-K–5453Public2.1 mi
Karel Havlicek Elem SchoolBerwynPre-K–5490Public1.7 mi
Komensky Elem SchoolBerwynPre-K–5320Public0.7 mi
Liberty Elem SchoolCiceroPre-K–3453Public2.3 mi
Pershing Elem SchoolBerwynPre-K–5418Public1.1 mi
Prairie Oak SchoolBerwynPre-K–5698Public2.0 mi
Sherlock Elem SchoolCiceroPre-K–6583Public1.2 mi
Warren Park SchoolCiceroPre-K–6695Public1.9 mi
Daniel Burnham Elem SchoolCiceroK–2185Public1.8 mi
Drexel Elem SchoolCiceroK–6396Public1.0 mi
Emerson Elem SchoolBerwynK–5260Public1.2 mi
Piper SchoolBerwynK–5292Public1.3 mi
Woodrow Wilson Elem SchoolCiceroK–6622Public0.9 mi
T Roosevelt Elem SchoolCicero3–6450Public2.0 mi
Cicero East Elem SchoolCicero4–6408Public1.6 mi
Columbus East Elem SchoolCicero4–6411Public0.7 mi
Freedom Middle SchoolBerwyn6–8504Public0.6 mi
Heritage Middle SchoolBerwyn6–8447Public1.2 mi
Lincoln Middle SchoolBerwyn6–8793Public1.6 mi
Unity Jr High SchoolCicero7–81,919Public1.4 mi
J Sterling Morton Alternative SchCicero9–12—Alternative Education1.4 mi

And 3 more.

Private schools (4)
SchoolGradesStudentsAffiliationDistance
Our Lady of Charity SchoolCiceroPre-K–8164Roman Catholic0.8 mi
St Leonard SchoolBerwynPre-K–8194Roman Catholic0.9 mi
St Odilo Elementary SchoolBerwynPre-K–8133Roman Catholic1.2 mi
St Frances of RomeCiceroK–8149Roman Catholic1.7 mi

Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools; Private School Universe Survey (2023-2024) for private schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.

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Shares ZIP codes with Cicero, Berwyn and Forest View.

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