Cairo vs Ellenboro

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

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

Ellenboro has the higher population (184 vs 135 in Cairo). Ellenboro has the higher median household income ($72,969 vs $29,650 in Cairo). Ellenboro has the higher median home value ($109,400 vs $71,500 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Ellenboro
Population	135	184
Median age	59.1 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$29,650	$72,969
Median home value	$71,500	$109,400
Median gross rent	$488	—
Housing units	105	91
Homeownership rate	84.5%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Ellenboro
Population	333 → 135 (-59.5%)	217 → 184 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $29,650 (-11.6%)	$44,688 → $72,969 (+63.3%)
Median home value	$56,100 → $71,500 (+27.5%)	$59,600 → $109,400 (+83.6%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $488 (-20.5%)	$363 → $725 (+99.7%)

Cairo

Population

333135

Median household income

$33,523$29,650

Median home value

$56,100$71,500

Median gross rent

$614$488

Ellenboro

Population

217184

Median household income

$44,688$72,969

Median home value

$59,600$109,400

Median gross rent

$363$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Ellenboro
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	10.4%	22.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	5.9%	6.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	4.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	4.9%
55 to 64	33.3%	26.6%
65 to 74	14.8%	16.8%
75 and over	10.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Ellenboro
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Ellenboro
No high school diploma	11.5%	9.2%
High school graduate	54.0%	70.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Ellenboro
Drove alone	97.6%	89.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Ellenboro
1-unit, detached	80.0%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	35.2%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Ellenboro
Poverty rate	40.7%	2.2%
Average household size	1.90	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1938	1978