Bluffton vs Cairo

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

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

Bluffton has the higher population (3,799 vs 600 in Cairo). Cairo has the higher median household income ($79,643 vs $77,382 in Bluffton). Bluffton has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $107,900 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffton	Cairo
Population	3,799	600
Median age	35.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,382	$79,643
Median home value	$192,500	$107,900
Median gross rent	$834	$850
Housing units	1,520	263
Homeownership rate	72.3%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffton	Cairo
Population	4,122 → 3,799 (-7.8%)	512 → 600 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$74,318 → $77,382 (+4.1%)	$51,538 → $79,643 (+54.5%)
Median home value	$161,900 → $192,500 (+18.9%)	$96,100 → $107,900 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $834 (+11.6%)	$668 → $850 (+27.2%)

Bluffton

Population

4,1223,799

Median household income

$74,318$77,382

Median home value

$161,900$192,500

Median gross rent

$747$834

Cairo

Population

512600

Median household income

$51,538$79,643

Median home value

$96,100$107,900

Median gross rent

$668$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffton	Cairo
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	10.7%
18 to 24	14.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	21.8%
35 to 44	9.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.5%
75 and over	8.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffton	Cairo
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffton	Cairo
No high school diploma	1.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	27.6%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffton	Cairo
Drove alone	69.9%	91.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffton	Cairo
1-unit, detached	71.4%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Bluffton	Cairo
Poverty rate	1.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1970	1957