Cairo vs Harrisville

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

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

Harrisville has the higher population (1,408 vs 135 in Cairo). Harrisville has the higher median household income ($45,988 vs $29,650 in Cairo). Harrisville has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $71,500 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Harrisville
Population	135	1,408
Median age	59.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$29,650	$45,988
Median home value	$71,500	$115,000
Median gross rent	$488	$661
Housing units	105	728
Homeownership rate	84.5%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Harrisville
Population	333 → 135 (-59.5%)	2,111 → 1,408 (-33.3%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $29,650 (-11.6%)	$34,745 → $45,988 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$56,100 → $71,500 (+27.5%)	$88,400 → $115,000 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $488 (-20.5%)	$657 → $661 (+0.6%)

Cairo

Population

333135

Median household income

$33,523$29,650

Median home value

$56,100$71,500

Median gross rent

$614$488

Harrisville

Population

2,1111,408

Median household income

$34,745$45,988

Median home value

$88,400$115,000

Median gross rent

$657$661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Harrisville
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	5.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	33.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	14.8%	12.1%
75 and over	10.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Harrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Harrisville
No high school diploma	11.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	54.0%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Harrisville
Drove alone	97.6%	78.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Harrisville
1-unit, detached	80.0%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Harrisville
Poverty rate	40.7%	27.7%
Average household size	1.90	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1938	1969