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Cairo, WV

164 Population
0.5 square miles 347.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.2 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ritchie County: 46.6 ±1.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.6 ±0.2

Economics

$23,072 ±$10,393 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ritchie County: $27,997 † ±$3,264
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $31,462 ±$341
$27,300 ±$10,753 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ritchie County: $48,973 ±$3,698
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $55,217 ±$577

37.2% ±28.2% (61  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Ritchie County: 20.3% † 1,686 (±3.5% / ±294)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 16.8% 291,860 (±0.4% / ±7,189)

39.2 minutes ±35.1 (1,960  ±2,285) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Ritchie County: 29.4 77,775 (±2.8 / ±11,281)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.3 17,717,956 (±0.2 / ±203,956)

Families

80 ±45 Number of households
  • Ritchie County: 3,257 ±168
  • West Virginia: 716,040 ±2,889
2.1 ±1.6 (164  ±85) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ritchie County: 2.6 8,462 (±0.1 / ±2)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,741,273

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

118 ±44 Number of housing units
  • Ritchie County: 4,242 ±18
  • West Virginia: 859,142 ±271

$63,000 ±$6,945 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ritchie County: $105,200 ±$6,726
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $145,800 ±$1,644

5.5% ±12.7% (9  ±21.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ritchie County: 9% † 760 (±3.5% / ±,292.6)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 11.1% 196,636 (±0.3% / ±5,393.7)

Social

74.5% ±27.4% (102  ±63) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ritchie County: 83.5% 5,208 (±5.8% / ±,363.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 88.4% 1,124,528 (±0.6% / ±7,360)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.7% ±10.4% (11  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ritchie County: 1.1% 91
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 28,940

20.6% ±21.8% (30  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Ritchie County: 9% † 611 (±1.9% / ±129)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 8% 114,894 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
30 Total veterans ±35 30 Male ±35 N/A Female ±13

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