Caledonia vs Kent City

A side-by-side comparison of Caledonia and Kent City: population, income, housing, and more.

Caledonia and Kent City are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Caledonia has the higher population (1,936 vs 1,218 in Kent City). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($114,167 vs $74,375 in Kent City). Caledonia has the higher median home value ($325,100 vs $134,100 in Kent City).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Kent City
Population	1,936	1,218
Median age	35.5 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$114,167	$74,375
Median home value	$325,100	$134,100
Median gross rent	$1,057	$325
Housing units	747	457
Homeownership rate	74.2%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.7%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Kent City
Population	1,544 → 1,936 (+25.4%)	1,083 → 1,218 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$77,857 → $114,167 (+46.6%)	$42,132 → $74,375 (+76.5%)
Median home value	$209,000 → $325,100 (+55.6%)	$104,700 → $134,100 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,057 (+25.5%)	$585 → $325 (-44.4%)

Caledonia

Population

1,5441,936

Median household income

$77,857$114,167

Median home value

$209,000$325,100

Median gross rent

$842$1,057

Kent City

Population

1,0831,218

Median household income

$42,132$74,375

Median home value

$104,700$134,100

Median gross rent

$585$325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Kent City
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	20.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	17.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	5.9%
75 and over	2.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Kent City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	71.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	25.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Kent City
No high school diploma	1.9%	18.5%
High school graduate	12.1%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	42.3%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Kent City
Drove alone	83.2%	88.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Kent City
1-unit, detached	73.1%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	9.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Kent City
Poverty rate	2.9%	8.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1990	1978