Cairo vs Olive Branch

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

Cairo and Olive Branch 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 441 in Olive Branch). Cairo has the higher median household income ($35,493 vs $27,250 in Olive Branch). Olive Branch has the higher median home value ($58,700 vs $28,200 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Olive Branch
Population	1,699	441
Median age	43.2 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,493	$27,250
Median home value	$28,200	$58,700
Median gross rent	$282	—
Housing units	1,173	270
Homeownership rate	64.9%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	17.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Olive Branch
Population	2,120 → 1,699 (-19.9%)	501 → 441 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$26,439 → $35,493 (+34.2%)	$46,042 → $27,250 (-40.8%)
Median home value	$28,200 → $28,200 (+0.0%)	$81,000 → $58,700 (-27.5%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $282 (-33.6%)	$725 → $768 (+5.9%)

Cairo

Population

2,1201,699

Median household income

$26,439$35,493

Median home value

$28,200$28,200

Median gross rent

$425$282

Olive Branch

Population

501441

Median household income

$46,042$27,250

Median home value

$81,000$58,700

Median gross rent

$725$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Olive Branch
Under 5	4.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	24.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	15.0%
75 and over	7.9%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Olive Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	26.9%	97.3%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Olive Branch
No high school diploma	18.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Olive Branch
Drove alone	90.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.8%
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%	14.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Olive Branch
1-unit, detached	75.8%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.7%
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%	36.7%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Olive Branch
Poverty rate	21.5%	45.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1949	1981