Caledonia vs Houston

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

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

Caledonia has the higher population (2,825 vs 883 in Houston). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($69,792 vs $50,667 in Houston). Houston has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $148,500 in Caledonia).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Houston
Population	2,825	883
Median age	48.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,792	$50,667
Median home value	$148,500	$152,100
Median gross rent	$804	$815
Housing units	1,443	405
Homeownership rate	74.2%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Houston
Population	2,756 → 2,825 (+2.5%)	1,033 → 883 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$47,150 → $69,792 (+48.0%)	$43,393 → $50,667 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $148,500 (+30.1%)	$103,600 → $152,100 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $804 (+23.5%)	$639 → $815 (+27.5%)

Caledonia

Population

2,7562,825

Median household income

$47,150$69,792

Median home value

$114,100$148,500

Median gross rent

$651$804

Houston

Population

1,033883

Median household income

$43,393$50,667

Median home value

$103,600$152,100

Median gross rent

$639$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Houston
Under 5	4.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	19.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.7%
75 and over	9.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Houston
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	39.9%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Houston
Drove alone	72.4%	76.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	7.4%
Other means	3.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Houston
1-unit, detached	88.2%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	7.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Houston
Poverty rate	9.2%	13.2%
Average household size	1.99	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1961	1941