Cairo vs Wood River

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

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

Wood River has the higher population (1,426 vs 1,117 in Cairo). Wood River has the higher median household income ($76,591 vs $55,179 in Cairo). Cairo has the higher median home value ($184,000 vs $131,400 in Wood River).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Wood River
Population	1,117	1,426
Median age	31.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,179	$76,591
Median home value	$184,000	$131,400
Median gross rent	$805	$820
Housing units	454	522
Homeownership rate	63.7%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Wood River
Population	916 → 1,117 (+21.9%)	1,420 → 1,426 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$56,583 → $55,179 (-2.5%)	$54,750 → $76,591 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$131,600 → $184,000 (+39.8%)	$102,800 → $131,400 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $805 (+9.1%)	$759 → $820 (+8.0%)

Cairo

Population

9161,117

Median household income

$56,583$55,179

Median home value

$131,600$184,000

Median gross rent

$738$805

Wood River

Population

1,4201,426

Median household income

$54,750$76,591

Median home value

$102,800$131,400

Median gross rent

$759$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Wood River
Under 5	9.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	25.3%	20.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	7.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.7%
75 and over	5.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Wood River
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	73.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Wood River
No high school diploma	15.2%	12.2%
High school graduate	31.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Wood River
Drove alone	84.1%	86.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Wood River
1-unit, detached	80.8%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Wood River
Poverty rate	7.4%	10.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1962	1969