Village · Hall County, Nebraska

Cairo, Nebraska

Cairo is a village in Hall County, Nebraska, part of the Grand Island, NE metro area. It has 1,035 residents. Cairo, Nebraska has a quality-of-life score of 79 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,330 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nebraska it ranks #70 of 119 cities and towns. It ranks best on loneliness (low), rent-burdened households (low) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on distance to an airport (high), natural hazard risk (high) and dental care shortage (high).

79High

Quality-of-life score: #3,330 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nebraska: #70 of 119 in NE
Population: 1,035 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,125.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 3107625

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety52#7,524/15,637
Economy58#6,569/15,631
Housing81#2,889/14,977
Health70#4,662/15,609
Healthcare74#4,093/15,650
Environment83#2,655/15,453
Education35#10,107/15,649
Infrastructure83#2,608/15,650
Community70#4,709/15,651
Leisure & amenities59#6,485/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cairo, Nebraska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Hall County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Loneliness · low29.9%
99/100Nebraska 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Rent-burdened households · low4.8%
98/100Nebraska 45.0%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Drug overdose deaths · low4.1 /100k
96/100Nebraska 6.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataHall County value
Mammography screening · high56.0%
94/100Nebraska 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHall County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Nebraska 2.3 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHall County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low111 min
92/100Nebraska 114 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHall County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high132 mi
4/100Nebraska 65 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHall County value
Natural hazard risk · high81.3
17/100Nebraska 52.42025Federal Emergency Management AgencyHall County value
Dental care shortage · high16.0
18/100Nebraska 2.3United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHall County value
Voter turnout · low59.4%
22/100Nebraska 68.3%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionHall County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.48%
22/100Nebraska 1.44%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Median household income · low$54,511
23/100Nebraska $76,578United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
916 (2015-2019) → 1,035 (2020-2024)
+13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
25.4% (2015-2019) → 4.8% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 3.5× (2020-2024)
+52%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
87.7% (2015-2019) → 96.1% (2020-2024)
+8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
13.2% (2015-2019) → 5.0% (2020-2024)
−8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
92.9% (2015-2019) → 85.0% (2020-2024)
−7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cairo, Nebraska improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Uninsured−8.2 points13.2% → 5.0%
Broadband+8.3 points87.7% → 96.1%

Declined1

Price / income+1.2×2.3× → 3.5×

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Cairo, Nebraska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.9 min2015-2019	24.4 min2020-2024	+4.4 min	Within the margin of error	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%2015-2019	19.7%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Broadband subscriptions	87.7%2015-2019	96.1%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Improved	51%
Effective property tax rate	1.94%2015-2019	1.48%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	89%
High school diploma or higher	92.9%2015-2019	85.0%2020-2024	−7.9 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+1.2×	Declined	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3932015-2019	0.3532020-2024	−0.040	Within the margin of error	80%
Median household income	$56,5832015-2019	$54,5112020-2024	−3.7%	Within the margin of error	5%
Poverty rate	9.4%2015-2019	10.0%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent as share of income	23.6%2015-2019	21.9%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.2%2015-2019	5.0%2020-2024	−8.2 points	Improved	94%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Cairo, Nebraska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cairo, Nebraska in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Cairo, Nebraska itself moved −9 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,035 residents (±253)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

407 households (±88)

Cairo, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Under $25k10%†41
$25k–50k31%†128
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

407 households (±88)

Cairo, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Own64%259
Rent36%†148

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

486 workers (±98)

Cairo, Nebraska
Nebraska share

Drive alone84%410
Carpool9.9%†48
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Grand Island, NE

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Hall County, the county holding most of Cairo's residents.

Hall County has 1,857 employer establishments, 293 for every 10,000 residents (1.18× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Nebraska's), with 35,526 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,110. The Census Bureau also counts 4,817 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,857; 4,817 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 293; US 248 · Nebraska 284
Paid employees: 35,526
Average annual pay: $50,110; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hall County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	166	26.2	1.69×More than typical	1,271	$63,146	436
Ambulatory health care services	159	25.1	1.21×About typical	1,954	$67,169	175
Restaurants and other eating places	113	17.9	0.97×About typical	2,472	$20,917	34
Offices of other health practitioners	74	11.7	1.92×More than typical	731	$54,627	77
Construction of buildings	64	10.1	1.34×More than typical	378	$58,399	236
Services to buildings and dwellings	62	9.8	1.45×More than typical	344	$33,448	335
Lessors of real estate	58	9.2	0.74×Fewer than typical	217	$39,088	482
Building equipment contractors	57	9	1.50×More than typical	449	$69,002	62
Truck transportation	55	8.7	1.72×More than typical	935	$58,945	325
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	52	8.2	2.61×More than typical	384	$66,044	117
Insurance agencies and brokerages	50	7.9	1.80×More than typical	164	$63,805	103
Limited-service restaurants	48	7.6	0.95×About typical	1,231	$19,253	11

Rank places for an industry Open Hall County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 63,294 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Cairo is mostly in Hall County.

See federal money in Hall County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cairo, Nebraska is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Adrian SmithR-NE-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Hall County73100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Grand Island, NE79

Other cities and towns in Hall County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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