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SperlingViews - Cairo, Illinois

Cairo, IL
Population2,787
Median Age35.6
Pop. Density403
Pop. Change-23.24%
Married Population33.21%
Household Size2.21
Unemployment Rate12.00%
Median Home Cost$37,100
Homes Owned39.56%
Home Appreciation-2.31%
Percent Religious35.59%
Commute Time18.7

35.05% of people are white, 61.81% are black, 0.86% are asian, 0.04% are native american, and 2.25% claim 'Other'. 0.75% of the people in Cairo, IL, claim hispanic ethnicity (meaning 99.25% are non-hispanic).

Jackie
Florissant, MO
 Quality of life - 7/19/2009

I visited Cairo, IL over this past weekend. The community is very clean an the people were very friendly. However, I did noticed that there very few places of employment for the City of Cairo. I know that the school employees a lot of the community, there is a nursing home within the area, and a few convenient stores within the area. It is a small community and a very peaceful community.[read more...]