Cairo vs Spencerville

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

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

Spencerville has the higher population (2,120 vs 600 in Cairo). Cairo has the higher median household income ($79,643 vs $49,938 in Spencerville). Spencerville has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $107,900 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Spencerville
Population	600	2,120
Median age	34.9 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,643	$49,938
Median home value	$107,900	$141,700
Median gross rent	$850	$848
Housing units	263	946
Homeownership rate	83.5%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Spencerville
Population	512 → 600 (+17.2%)	2,261 → 2,120 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$51,538 → $79,643 (+54.5%)	$43,813 → $49,938 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $107,900 (+12.3%)	$91,800 → $141,700 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $850 (+27.2%)	$656 → $848 (+29.3%)

Cairo

Population

512600

Median household income

$51,538$79,643

Median home value

$96,100$107,900

Median gross rent

$668$850

Spencerville

Population

2,2612,120

Median household income

$43,813$49,938

Median home value

$91,800$141,700

Median gross rent

$656$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Spencerville
Under 5	5.2%	9.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	24.0%
18 to 24	12.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	21.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	8.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.7%
75 and over	5.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Spencerville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Spencerville
No high school diploma	4.2%	16.9%
High school graduate	37.0%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Spencerville
Drove alone	91.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	0.8%	2.1%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Spencerville
1-unit, detached	85.2%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Spencerville
Poverty rate	5.8%	17.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1957	1964