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Cairo vs Douglas

91 miles apart. The biggest differences: trails (3.9× in Douglas) and jobs per worker (2.5× in Douglas).

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Cairo, GAHomes around $186KGeorgia · 10,055 people

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Douglas, GAA regional job hubGeorgia · 11,749 people

Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

CairoHomes around $186K

Housing$186K typical home44% below the GA typical home

Outdoors#79 most walkable in GA1.4 miles of trails across 4 parks and preserves Health94% of U.S. towns are healthieron CDC estimates All about Cairo →

DouglasA regional job hub

Work13,177 jobsbased in Douglas, a regional job hub Housing$182K typical home45% below the GA typical home Health98% of U.S. towns are healthieron CDC estimates All about Douglas →

The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Douglas has more miles of trail

Douglas 5.4 miCairo 1.4 mi

Jobs per worker2.5×

Douglas is more of a job hub

Douglas 3.17Cairo 1.26

Work in town+19.2 pts

More of Douglas’s workers stay in town

Douglas 46.7%Cairo 27.5%

Average commute9 min

Douglas has the shorter commute

Cairo 23 minDouglas 14 min

Growth since 2010+4.9 pts

Cairo has grown faster since 2010

Cairo +6%Douglas +1.1%

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Cairo$1,180/mo

Typical home $186K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.30% · or rent about $778/mo · Housing →

Douglas$1,100/mo

Typical home $182K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.96% · or rent about $680/mo · Housing →

The difference: $80 a month, about $900 a year, between Cairo and Douglas.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Douglas places higher on 10 of 22 GA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Georgia ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

CCairoSafer than 30% of U.S. towns –DouglasNot graded

Schools

C+CairoBetter than 44% of districts in the state B−DouglasBetter than 49% of districts in the state

Health

DCairoHealthier than 6% of U.S. towns D−DouglasHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns

9Cairo

10Douglas

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 162 towns #147#87 Shortest commuteGetting around · 265 towns #84#4 Most walkableOutdoors · 265 towns #79#149 Best schoolsSchools · 231 towns #164#110 Fewest smokersHealth · 263 towns #183#237 Lowest depressionHealth · 263 towns #119#172 Most remote workersWork · 257 towns #235#189 Fastest growingGrowth · 254 towns #144#181

Left end = #1 in Georgia. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Cairo’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

CairoDouglas

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 37°F

July high90°F 92°F

Growing season (days)255d 252d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd 18th

Outdoors & history

CairoDouglas

Trails1 mi 5 mi

Conserved land1.3%1.5%

Settled1835 1855

National Register places1 6

Archive photos16 12

Famous people born here19 16

Community

CairoDouglas

Library hours a week39 hrs 46 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

91 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CairoGA DouglasGA

Cairo ↔ Douglas91 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Georgia average

CairoDouglas

People

Population 10,055Lowest 11,749Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6%Highest GA: +10.6% +1.1%Lowest GA: +10.6%

Median age 32.1±1.5Highest 15% below GA 31.2±2.7Lowest 17% below GA

Cairo and Douglas are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 31%±4Highest GA: 23.2% 26.6%±4.1Lowest GA: 23.2%

Cairo and Douglas are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 15.1%±2.6Highest GA: 15% 14.2%±2.6Lowest GA: 15%

Cairo and Douglas are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.3%Lowest GA: 34.9% 16.5%Highest GA: 34.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±2.7Lowest GA: 6.4% 5.9%±2Highest GA: 6.4%

Douglas and Cairo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $40,920±$6kHighest 47% below GA $34,408±$5kLowest 56% below GA

Cairo and Douglas are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $108,800±$25kLowest 64% below GA $133,300±$19kHighest 56% below GA

Douglas and Cairo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $778±$36Highest 44% below GA $680±$93Lowest 51% below GA

Cairo and Douglas are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,410Highest 40% below GA $1,283Lowest 45% below GA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.6%±11.4Lowest GA: 52.4% 54%±10.1Highest GA: 52.4%

Douglas and Cairo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 28.8%Lowest GA: 13.4% 29.7%Highest GA: 13.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 48.1%Highest GA: 65.7% 45.7%Lowest GA: 65.7%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Highest 6 yrs older than GA 1980Lowest 12 yrs older than GA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 18% below GA 14 minLowest 49% below GA

Work from home 2.4%±1.8Lowest GA: 15.9% 5.4%±2.7Highest GA: 15.9%

Douglas and Cairo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 27.5%Lowest 46.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miHighest 3.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.26Lowest 3.17Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Thomasville (16%)Valdosta (2%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DouglasFew work in Cairo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 1.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 miLowest 5.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 66.5Highest 48.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #164 of 231 in GA #110 of 231 in GA

School district Grady CountyCoffee County

High school in town Cairo High SchoolCoffee County High School

Students per teacherat that high school 16.7Highest 14.3Lowest

Georgia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.