Cairo vs Pullman

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

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

Pullman has the higher population (305 vs 135 in Cairo). Pullman has the higher median household income ($51,908 vs $29,650 in Cairo). Pullman has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $71,500 in Cairo).

Population, income & housing

	Cairo	Pullman
Population	135	305
Median age	59.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$29,650	$51,908
Median home value	$71,500	$81,700
Median gross rent	$488	—
Housing units	105	92
Homeownership rate	84.5%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairo	Pullman
Population	333 → 135 (-59.5%)	156 → 305 (+95.5%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $29,650 (-11.6%)	$35,625 → $51,908 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$56,100 → $71,500 (+27.5%)	$59,000 → $81,700 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $488 (-20.5%)	—

Cairo

Population

333135

Median household income

$33,523$29,650

Median home value

$56,100$71,500

Median gross rent

$614$488

Pullman

Population

156305

Median household income

$35,625$51,908

Median home value

$59,000$81,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairo	Pullman
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	7.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.9%	2.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	47.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	3.3%
55 to 64	33.3%	2.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	13.8%
75 and over	10.4%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairo	Pullman
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	98.7%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairo	Pullman
No high school diploma	11.5%	54.3%
High school graduate	54.0%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	2.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairo	Pullman
Drove alone	97.6%	55.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	40.8%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairo	Pullman
1-unit, detached	80.0%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	44.6%

Poverty & households

	Cairo	Pullman
Poverty rate	40.7%	6.6%
Average household size	1.90	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1938	1978