Cairo vs Tannersville

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

Cairo and Tannersville 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 708 in Tannersville). Tannersville has the higher median household income ($64,732 vs $54,479 in Cairo). Tannersville has the higher median home value ($267,100 vs $197,000 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Tannersville
Population	1,565	708
Median age	38.1 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,479	$64,732
Median home value	$197,000	$267,100
Median gross rent	$1,327	$1,368
Housing units	787	492
Homeownership rate	47.4%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Tannersville
Population	955 → 1,565 (+63.9%)	858 → 708 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$24,855 → $54,479 (+119.2%)	$53,750 → $64,732 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$130,500 → $197,000 (+51.0%)	$189,700 → $267,100 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,327 (+53.9%)	$878 → $1,368 (+55.8%)

Cairo

Population

9551,565

Median household income

$24,855$54,479

Median home value

$130,500$197,000

Median gross rent

$862$1,327

Tannersville

Population

858708

Median household income

$53,750$64,732

Median home value

$189,700$267,100

Median gross rent

$878$1,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Tannersville
Under 5	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	22.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	34.0%
35 to 44	21.2%	8.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	5.2%
55 to 64	4.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	3.2%
75 and over	9.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Tannersville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	66.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Tannersville
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	37.5%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Tannersville
Drove alone	69.1%	41.5%
Carpooled	13.0%	22.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	30.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Tannersville
1-unit, detached	74.6%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	6.9%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Tannersville
Poverty rate	8.9%	18.2%
Average household size	2.39	4.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	12
Median year structure built	1966	1957