Cairo vs Thebes

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

Cairo and Thebes 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 363 in Thebes). Thebes has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $35,493 in Cairo). Thebes has the higher median home value ($45,000 vs $28,200 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Thebes
Population	1,699	363
Median age	43.2 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,493	$41,250
Median home value	$28,200	$45,000
Median gross rent	$282	$475
Housing units	1,173	126
Homeownership rate	64.9%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	17.5%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Thebes
Population	2,120 → 1,699 (-19.9%)	475 → 363 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$26,439 → $35,493 (+34.2%)	$35,357 → $41,250 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$28,200 → $28,200 (+0.0%)	$63,000 → $45,000 (-28.6%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $282 (-33.6%)	$242 → $475 (+96.3%)

Cairo

Population

2,1201,699

Median household income

$26,439$35,493

Median home value

$28,200$28,200

Median gross rent

$425$282

Thebes

Population

475363

Median household income

$35,357$41,250

Median home value

$63,000$45,000

Median gross rent

$242$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Thebes
Under 5	4.9%	13.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	5.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	5.8%
55 to 64	17.4%	20.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	6.3%
75 and over	7.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Thebes
White (non-Hispanic)	26.9%	96.4%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Thebes
No high school diploma	18.9%	18.0%
High school graduate	36.3%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Thebes
Drove alone	90.3%	68.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Thebes
1-unit, detached	75.8%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Thebes
Poverty rate	21.5%	14.3%
Average household size	2.64	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1949	1972