Cairo vs Huntsville

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

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

Huntsville has the higher population (1,806 vs 234 in Cairo). Cairo has the higher median household income ($60,893 vs $52,266 in Huntsville). Cairo has the higher median home value ($103,100 vs $101,500 in Huntsville).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Huntsville
Population	234	1,806
Median age	50.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,893	$52,266
Median home value	$103,100	$101,500
Median gross rent	$567	$738
Housing units	123	765
Homeownership rate	92.4%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Huntsville
Population	242 → 234 (-3.3%)	1,664 → 1,806 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $60,893 (+25.3%)	$45,724 → $52,266 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $103,100 (+40.1%)	$73,600 → $101,500 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $567 (-33.3%)	$695 → $738 (+6.2%)

Cairo

Population

242234

Median household income

$48,594$60,893

Median home value

$73,600$103,100

Median gross rent

$850$567

Huntsville

Population

1,6641,806

Median household income

$45,724$52,266

Median home value

$73,600$101,500

Median gross rent

$695$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Huntsville
Under 5	6.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.8%
25 to 34	6.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	6.4%	8.7%
45 to 54	17.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	21.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.0%
75 and over	10.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Huntsville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Huntsville
No high school diploma	2.3%	11.0%
High school graduate	32.6%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Huntsville
Drove alone	95.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	4.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Huntsville
1-unit, detached	70.7%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	25.2%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Huntsville
Poverty rate	14.5%	16.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1968	1966