Cairo vs Sleepy Hollow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Cairo and Sleepy Hollow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sleepy Hollow Lake has the higher population (1,566 vs 1,565 in Cairo). Sleepy Hollow Lake has the higher median household income ($88,906 vs $54,479 in Cairo). Sleepy Hollow Lake has the higher median home value ($272,000 vs $197,000 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Population	1,565	1,566
Median age	38.1 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,479	$88,906
Median home value	$197,000	$272,000
Median gross rent	$1,327	—
Housing units	787	926
Homeownership rate	47.4%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Population	955 → 1,565 (+63.9%)	1,276 → 1,566 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$24,855 → $54,479 (+119.2%)	$78,221 → $88,906 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$130,500 → $197,000 (+51.0%)	$195,600 → $272,000 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,327 (+53.9%)	—

Cairo

Population

9551,565

Median household income

$24,855$54,479

Median home value

$130,500$197,000

Median gross rent

$862$1,327

Sleepy Hollow Lake

Population

1,2761,566

Median household income

$78,221$88,906

Median home value

$195,600$272,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Under 5	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	6.9%
35 to 44	21.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	4.7%	22.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.0%
75 and over	9.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Sleepy Hollow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Sleepy Hollow Lake
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	37.5%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Drove alone	69.1%	80.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Sleepy Hollow Lake
1-unit, detached	74.6%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Sleepy Hollow Lake
Poverty rate	8.9%	23.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1966	1992