Cairo vs Fort Shawnee

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

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

Fort Shawnee has the higher population (5,952 vs 600 in Cairo). Fort Shawnee has the higher median household income ($88,606 vs $79,643 in Cairo). Fort Shawnee has the higher median home value ($187,800 vs $107,900 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Fort Shawnee
Population	600	5,952
Median age	34.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,643	$88,606
Median home value	$107,900	$187,800
Median gross rent	$850	$970
Housing units	263	2,683
Homeownership rate	83.5%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Fort Shawnee
Population	512 → 600 (+17.2%)	6,009 → 5,952 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$51,538 → $79,643 (+54.5%)	$72,192 → $88,606 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $107,900 (+12.3%)	$134,500 → $187,800 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $850 (+27.2%)	$737 → $970 (+31.6%)

Cairo

Population

512600

Median household income

$51,538$79,643

Median home value

$96,100$107,900

Median gross rent

$668$850

Fort Shawnee

Population

6,0095,952

Median household income

$72,192$88,606

Median home value

$134,500$187,800

Median gross rent

$737$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Fort Shawnee
Under 5	5.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	12.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	21.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	7.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.6%
75 and over	5.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Fort Shawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Fort Shawnee
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	37.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Fort Shawnee
Drove alone	91.9%	88.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	4.1%
Other means	3.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Fort Shawnee
1-unit, detached	85.2%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Fort Shawnee
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1957	1973