Cairo vs Jacksonville

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

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

Cairo has the higher population (234 vs 106 in Jacksonville). Cairo has the higher median household income ($60,893 vs $45,000 in Jacksonville). Since 2019, Cairo's population has grown faster (-3.3% vs -16.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Jacksonville
Population	234	106
Median age	50.7 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,893	$45,000
Median home value	$103,100	—
Median gross rent	$567	—
Housing units	123	78
Homeownership rate	92.4%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Jacksonville
Population	242 → 234 (-3.3%)	127 → 106 (-16.5%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $60,893 (+25.3%)	$39,000 → $45,000 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $103,100 (+40.1%)	$52,100 → $45,000 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $567 (-33.3%)	—

Cairo

Population

242234

Median household income

$48,594$60,893

Median home value

$73,600$103,100

Median gross rent

$850$567

Jacksonville

Population

127106

Median household income

$39,000$45,000

Median home value

$52,100$45,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Jacksonville
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	17.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	21.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	18.9%
75 and over	10.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Jacksonville
No high school diploma	2.3%	22.4%
High school graduate	32.6%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Jacksonville
Drove alone	95.9%	85.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	14.3%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	70.7%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.2%	32.1%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Jacksonville
Poverty rate	14.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.23	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	1968	1938