Cairo vs Palenville

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

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

Cairo has the higher population (1,565 vs 990 in Palenville). Palenville has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $197,000 in Cairo). Since 2019, Cairo's population has grown faster (+63.9% vs -15.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Palenville
Population	1,565	990
Median age	38.1 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,479	—
Median home value	$197,000	$233,700
Median gross rent	$1,327	$1,002
Housing units	787	607
Homeownership rate	47.4%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Palenville
Population	955 → 1,565 (+63.9%)	1,175 → 990 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$24,855 → $54,479 (+119.2%)	—
Median home value	$130,500 → $197,000 (+51.0%)	$195,100 → $233,700 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,327 (+53.9%)	$697 → $1,002 (+43.8%)

Cairo

Population

9551,565

Median household income

$24,855$54,479

Median home value

$130,500$197,000

Median gross rent

$862$1,327

Palenville

Population

1,175990

Median home value

$195,100$233,700

Median gross rent

$697$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Palenville
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	21.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	21.2%	19.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	4.7%	6.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.7%
75 and over	9.3%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Palenville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	96.1%
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	0.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Palenville
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.4%
High school graduate	37.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Palenville
Drove alone	69.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	7.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Palenville
1-unit, detached	74.6%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	9.6%
20 or more units	7.9%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Palenville
Poverty rate	8.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.39	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1966	1942