Bank of Cairo · Photo: Mjswisher79 · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Cairo
37% of workers work from home; West Virginia has 9%. Only 3% work in Cairo; the top destination outside it is Parkersburg (12%, 21 miles). The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, where West Virginia has 27 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Cairo by day
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Cairo on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Cairo: the destinations
Where Cairo clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Cairo, 38% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
98 jobs are based in Cairo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cairo, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 98. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cairo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Cairo: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cairo workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 commuters (the 37% who work from home are left out). Across West Virginia: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Cairo
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cairo: questions
What is the median household income in Cairo?
$65,500 (±$48,021) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cairo?
17.2%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cairo?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cairo work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parkersburg (12%, 21 mi), Ellenboro (9%, 7 mi), Harrisville (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cairo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cairo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cairo
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.