Cairo vs Higbee

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

Cairo and Higbee are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Higbee has the higher population (483 vs 234 in Cairo). Cairo has the higher median household income ($60,893 vs $36,146 in Higbee). Cairo has the higher median home value ($103,100 vs $54,000 in Higbee).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Higbee
Population	234	483
Median age	50.7 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,893	$36,146
Median home value	$103,100	$54,000
Median gross rent	$567	$669
Housing units	123	208
Homeownership rate	92.4%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Higbee
Population	242 → 234 (-3.3%)	456 → 483 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $60,893 (+25.3%)	$38,750 → $36,146 (-6.7%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $103,100 (+40.1%)	$51,800 → $54,000 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $567 (-33.3%)	$756 → $669 (-11.5%)

Cairo

Population

242234

Median household income

$48,594$60,893

Median home value

$73,600$103,100

Median gross rent

$850$567

Higbee

Population

456483

Median household income

$38,750$36,146

Median home value

$51,800$54,000

Median gross rent

$756$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Higbee
Under 5	6.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	6.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	31.1%
25 to 34	6.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	5.8%
45 to 54	17.1%	16.1%
55 to 64	21.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.2%
75 and over	10.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Higbee
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Higbee
No high school diploma	2.3%	15.3%
High school graduate	32.6%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Higbee
Drove alone	95.9%	95.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Higbee
1-unit, detached	70.7%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.2%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Higbee
Poverty rate	14.5%	6.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1968	1938