Cairo vs McClure

A side-by-side comparison of Cairo and McClure: population, income, housing, and more.

Cairo and McClure 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 245 in McClure). McClure has the higher median household income ($36,667 vs $35,493 in Cairo). McClure has the higher median home value ($47,500 vs $28,200 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	McClure
Population	1,699	245
Median age	43.2 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,493	$36,667
Median home value	$28,200	$47,500
Median gross rent	$282	$686
Housing units	1,173	137
Homeownership rate	64.9%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	17.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	McClure
Population	2,120 → 1,699 (-19.9%)	364 → 245 (-32.7%)
Median household income	$26,439 → $35,493 (+34.2%)	$38,438 → $36,667 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$28,200 → $28,200 (+0.0%)	$41,000 → $47,500 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $282 (-33.6%)	$585 → $686 (+17.3%)

Cairo

Population

2,1201,699

Median household income

$26,439$35,493

Median home value

$28,200$28,200

Median gross rent

$425$282

McClure

Population

364245

Median household income

$38,438$36,667

Median home value

$41,000$47,500

Median gross rent

$585$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	McClure
Under 5	4.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	12.7%
25 to 34	7.7%	6.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	17.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	7.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	17.6%
75 and over	7.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	McClure
White (non-Hispanic)	26.9%	99.6%
Black or African American	67.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	McClure
No high school diploma	18.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	McClure
Drove alone	90.3%	88.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	McClure
1-unit, detached	75.8%	83.9%
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%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	McClure
Poverty rate	21.5%	24.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1949	1965