Caledonia vs Sparta

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

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

Sparta has the higher population (4,260 vs 1,936 in Caledonia). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($114,167 vs $55,474 in Sparta). Caledonia has the higher median home value ($325,100 vs $190,100 in Sparta).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Sparta
Population	1,936	4,260
Median age	35.5 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$114,167	$55,474
Median home value	$325,100	$190,100
Median gross rent	$1,057	$954
Housing units	747	1,834
Homeownership rate	74.2%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.7%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Sparta
Population	1,544 → 1,936 (+25.4%)	4,354 → 4,260 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$77,857 → $114,167 (+46.6%)	$44,471 → $55,474 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$209,000 → $325,100 (+55.6%)	$119,700 → $190,100 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,057 (+25.5%)	$764 → $954 (+24.9%)

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

Sparta

Population

4,3544,260

Median household income

$44,471$55,474

Median home value

$119,700$190,100

Median gross rent

$764$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Sparta
Under 5	5.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	17.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	17.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.0%
75 and over	2.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Sparta
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	91.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Sparta
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	12.1%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	42.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Sparta
Drove alone	83.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Sparta
1-unit, detached	73.1%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	5.2%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Sparta
Poverty rate	2.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1990	1965