The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Cairo has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cairo a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Cairo is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Cairo with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.88% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cairo in 2022 was $22,415, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,660 for a family of four. However, Cairo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cairo is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cairo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cairo residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Cairo include German, Irish, Scottish, English, and Eastern European.
The most common language spoken in Cairo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
