Cairo vs East Cape Girardeau

A side-by-side comparison of Cairo and East Cape Girardeau: population, income, housing, and more.

Cairo and East Cape Girardeau are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cairo has the higher population (1,699 vs 292 in East Cape Girardeau). East Cape Girardeau has the higher median household income ($42,188 vs $35,493 in Cairo). East Cape Girardeau has the higher median home value ($57,500 vs $28,200 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	East Cape Girardeau
Population	1,699	292
Median age	43.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,493	$42,188
Median home value	$28,200	$57,500
Median gross rent	$282	$953
Housing units	1,173	158
Homeownership rate	64.9%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	17.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	East Cape Girardeau
Population	2,120 → 1,699 (-19.9%)	442 → 292 (-33.9%)
Median household income	$26,439 → $35,493 (+34.2%)	$47,083 → $42,188 (-10.4%)
Median home value	$28,200 → $28,200 (+0.0%)	$60,700 → $57,500 (-5.3%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $282 (-33.6%)	$881 → $953 (+8.2%)

Cairo

Population

2,1201,699

Median household income

$26,439$35,493

Median home value

$28,200$28,200

Median gross rent

$425$282

East Cape Girardeau

Population

442292

Median household income

$47,083$42,188

Median home value

$60,700$57,500

Median gross rent

$881$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	East Cape Girardeau
Under 5	4.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.4%	27.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	22.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	6.8%
75 and over	7.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	East Cape Girardeau
White (non-Hispanic)	26.9%	91.8%
Black or African American	67.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	East Cape Girardeau
No high school diploma	18.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	36.3%	62.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	East Cape Girardeau
Drove alone	90.3%	93.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	East Cape Girardeau
1-unit, detached	75.8%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	East Cape Girardeau
Poverty rate	21.5%	35.9%
Average household size	2.64	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	36	22
Median year structure built	1949	1975