Cairo vs Pennsboro

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

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

Pennsboro has the higher population (1,227 vs 135 in Cairo). Pennsboro has the higher median household income ($51,348 vs $29,650 in Cairo). Pennsboro has the higher median home value ($78,000 vs $71,500 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Pennsboro
Population	135	1,227
Median age	59.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$29,650	$51,348
Median home value	$71,500	$78,000
Median gross rent	$488	$822
Housing units	105	525
Homeownership rate	84.5%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Pennsboro
Population	333 → 135 (-59.5%)	1,076 → 1,227 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $29,650 (-11.6%)	$41,786 → $51,348 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$56,100 → $71,500 (+27.5%)	$56,500 → $78,000 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $488 (-20.5%)	$667 → $822 (+23.2%)

Cairo

Population

333135

Median household income

$33,523$29,650

Median home value

$56,100$71,500

Median gross rent

$614$488

Pennsboro

Population

1,0761,227

Median household income

$41,786$51,348

Median home value

$56,500$78,000

Median gross rent

$667$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Pennsboro
Under 5	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.9%	16.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	33.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	14.8%	12.5%
75 and over	10.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Pennsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Pennsboro
No high school diploma	11.5%	25.4%
High school graduate	54.0%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Pennsboro
Drove alone	97.6%	69.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	2.4%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Pennsboro
1-unit, detached	80.0%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Pennsboro
Poverty rate	40.7%	16.8%
Average household size	1.90	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1938	1949