Cairo vs Catskill

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

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

Catskill has the higher population (3,803 vs 1,565 in Cairo). Catskill has the higher median household income ($73,906 vs $54,479 in Cairo). Catskill has the higher median home value ($228,700 vs $197,000 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Catskill
Population	1,565	3,803
Median age	38.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,479	$73,906
Median home value	$197,000	$228,700
Median gross rent	$1,327	$1,072
Housing units	787	2,002
Homeownership rate	47.4%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Catskill
Population	955 → 1,565 (+63.9%)	3,846 → 3,803 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$24,855 → $54,479 (+119.2%)	$35,515 → $73,906 (+108.1%)
Median home value	$130,500 → $197,000 (+51.0%)	$162,400 → $228,700 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,327 (+53.9%)	$913 → $1,072 (+17.4%)

Cairo

Population

9551,565

Median household income

$24,855$54,479

Median home value

$130,500$197,000

Median gross rent

$862$1,327

Catskill

Population

3,8463,803

Median household income

$35,515$73,906

Median home value

$162,400$228,700

Median gross rent

$913$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Catskill
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	7.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	13.8%
25 to 34	16.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	21.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	4.7%	20.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.3%
75 and over	9.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Catskill
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Catskill
No high school diploma	1.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	37.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Catskill
Drove alone	69.1%	74.1%
Carpooled	13.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	17.9%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Catskill
1-unit, detached	74.6%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	27.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	5.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Catskill
Poverty rate	8.9%	13.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1966	1938