Cairo vs Moberly

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

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

Moberly has the higher population (13,634 vs 234 in Cairo). Cairo has the higher median household income ($60,893 vs $43,231 in Moberly). Moberly has the higher median home value ($140,000 vs $103,100 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Moberly
Population	234	13,634
Median age	50.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,893	$43,231
Median home value	$103,100	$140,000
Median gross rent	$567	$749
Housing units	123	5,799
Homeownership rate	92.4%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Moberly
Population	242 → 234 (-3.3%)	13,707 → 13,634 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $60,893 (+25.3%)	$37,021 → $43,231 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $103,100 (+40.1%)	$94,100 → $140,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $567 (-33.3%)	$609 → $749 (+23.0%)

Cairo

Population

242234

Median household income

$48,594$60,893

Median home value

$73,600$103,100

Median gross rent

$850$567

Moberly

Population

13,70713,634

Median household income

$37,021$43,231

Median home value

$94,100$140,000

Median gross rent

$609$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Moberly
Under 5	6.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.4%	15.6%
35 to 44	6.4%	15.8%
45 to 54	17.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	21.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.4%
75 and over	10.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Moberly
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Moberly
No high school diploma	2.3%	11.9%
High school graduate	32.6%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Moberly
Drove alone	95.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	6.8%
Other means	2.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Moberly
1-unit, detached	70.7%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	25.2%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Moberly
Poverty rate	14.5%	21.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1968	1968