Caledonia vs Garden Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Caledonia and Garden Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

Caledonia and Garden Prairie are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garden Prairie has the higher population (560 vs 219 in Caledonia). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($86,513 vs $42,188 in Garden Prairie). Caledonia has the higher median home value ($161,800 vs $108,000 in Garden Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Garden Prairie
Population	219	560
Median age	33.7 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,513	$42,188
Median home value	$161,800	$108,000
Median gross rent	$1,706	—
Housing units	109	158
Homeownership rate	69.7%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Garden Prairie
Population	206 → 219 (+6.3%)	325 → 560 (+72.3%)
Median household income	$90,417 → $86,513 (-4.3%)	$43,313 → $42,188 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $161,800 (+21.4%)	$89,000 → $108,000 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,706 (+60.5%)	—

Caledonia

Population

206219

Median household income

$90,417$86,513

Median home value

$133,300$161,800

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,706

Garden Prairie

Population

325560

Median household income

$43,313$42,188

Median home value

$89,000$108,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Garden Prairie
Under 5	11.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	6.8%	32.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	22.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.3%	2.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	17.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	15.4%
75 and over	0.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Garden Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	88.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.3%
Two or more races	12.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Garden Prairie
No high school diploma	7.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Garden Prairie
Drove alone	89.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Garden Prairie
1-unit, detached	89.9%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Garden Prairie
Poverty rate	7.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.21	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	42
Median year structure built	1938	1952