Caledonia vs Poplar Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Caledonia and Poplar Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Poplar Grove has the higher population (4,202 vs 219 in Caledonia). Poplar Grove has the higher median household income ($93,409 vs $86,513 in Caledonia). Poplar Grove has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $161,800 in Caledonia).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Poplar Grove
Population	219	4,202
Median age	33.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,513	$93,409
Median home value	$161,800	$253,500
Median gross rent	$1,706	$1,443
Housing units	109	1,581
Homeownership rate	69.7%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Poplar Grove
Population	206 → 219 (+6.3%)	5,270 → 4,202 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$90,417 → $86,513 (-4.3%)	$75,815 → $93,409 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $161,800 (+21.4%)	$159,900 → $253,500 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,706 (+60.5%)	$1,625 → $1,443 (-11.2%)

Caledonia

Population

206219

Median household income

$90,417$86,513

Median home value

$133,300$161,800

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,706

Poplar Grove

Population

5,2704,202

Median household income

$75,815$93,409

Median home value

$159,900$253,500

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Poplar Grove
Under 5	11.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	24.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	22.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.2%
75 and over	0.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Poplar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	82.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	12.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Poplar Grove
No high school diploma	7.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	26.1%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Poplar Grove
Drove alone	89.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	7.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Poplar Grove
1-unit, detached	89.9%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Poplar Grove
Poverty rate	7.3%	3.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1938	2002