Artesia vs Caledonia

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

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

Caledonia has the higher population (1,283 vs 378 in Artesia). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($81,741 vs $19,500 in Artesia). Caledonia has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $107,700 in Artesia).

Population, income & housing

	Artesia	Caledonia
Population	378	1,283
Median age	36.9 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$19,500	$81,741
Median home value	$107,700	$175,000
Median gross rent	$393	$1,008
Housing units	226	458
Homeownership rate	58.3%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Artesia	Caledonia
Population	348 → 378 (+8.6%)	1,301 → 1,283 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$28,500 → $19,500 (-31.6%)	$62,857 → $81,741 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $107,700 (+27.8%)	$134,500 → $175,000 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $393 (-21.4%)	$723 → $1,008 (+39.4%)

Artesia

Population

348378

Median household income

$28,500$19,500

Median home value

$84,300$107,700

Median gross rent

$500$393

Caledonia

Population

1,3011,283

Median household income

$62,857$81,741

Median home value

$134,500$175,000

Median gross rent

$723$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Artesia	Caledonia
Under 5	7.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.6%	28.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	17.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	7.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	8.0%
65 to 74	20.6%	8.8%
75 and over	2.1%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Artesia	Caledonia
White (non-Hispanic)	4.5%	70.8%
Black or African American	93.1%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Artesia	Caledonia
No high school diploma	20.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	45.2%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Artesia	Caledonia
Drove alone	82.2%	88.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Artesia	Caledonia
1-unit, detached	49.6%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Artesia	Caledonia
Poverty rate	36.2%	3.7%
Average household size	2.10	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1977	1986