Cairo vs Grand Island

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

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

Grand Island has the higher population (52,761 vs 1,117 in Cairo). Grand Island has the higher median household income ($62,439 vs $55,179 in Cairo). Grand Island has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $184,000 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Grand Island
Population	1,117	52,761
Median age	31.2 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,179	$62,439
Median home value	$184,000	$202,600
Median gross rent	$805	$913
Housing units	454	21,366
Homeownership rate	63.7%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Grand Island
Population	916 → 1,117 (+21.9%)	51,147 → 52,761 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$56,583 → $55,179 (-2.5%)	$54,965 → $62,439 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$131,600 → $184,000 (+39.8%)	$140,800 → $202,600 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $805 (+9.1%)	$767 → $913 (+19.0%)

Cairo

Population

9161,117

Median household income

$56,583$55,179

Median home value

$131,600$184,000

Median gross rent

$738$805

Grand Island

Population

51,14752,761

Median household income

$54,965$62,439

Median home value

$140,800$202,600

Median gross rent

$767$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Grand Island
Under 5	9.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	25.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	7.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.5%
75 and over	5.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Grand Island
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	57.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Grand Island
No high school diploma	15.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	31.2%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Grand Island
Drove alone	84.1%	81.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Grand Island
1-unit, detached	80.8%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Grand Island
Poverty rate	7.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1962	1975