Caledonia vs Sand Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Caledonia and Sand Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Caledonia and Sand Lake 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 480 in Sand Lake). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($114,167 vs $32,083 in Sand Lake). Caledonia has the higher median home value ($325,100 vs $152,800 in Sand Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Sand Lake
Population	1,936	480
Median age	35.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$114,167	$32,083
Median home value	$325,100	$152,800
Median gross rent	$1,057	$561
Housing units	747	222
Homeownership rate	74.2%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.7%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Sand Lake
Population	1,544 → 1,936 (+25.4%)	538 → 480 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$77,857 → $114,167 (+46.6%)	$39,554 → $32,083 (-18.9%)
Median home value	$209,000 → $325,100 (+55.6%)	$96,800 → $152,800 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,057 (+25.5%)	$463 → $561 (+21.2%)

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

Sand Lake

Population

538480

Median household income

$39,554$32,083

Median home value

$96,800$152,800

Median gross rent

$463$561

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Sand Lake
Under 5	5.6%	9.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	17.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	21.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.0%
75 and over	2.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Sand Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	86.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Sand Lake
No high school diploma	1.9%	15.9%
High school graduate	12.1%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	42.3%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Sand Lake
Drove alone	83.2%	77.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Sand Lake
1-unit, detached	73.1%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	4.1%
20 or more units	5.2%	34.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Sand Lake
Poverty rate	2.9%	11.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1990	1965