Caledonia vs Columbus

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

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

Columbus has the higher population (23,616 vs 1,283 in Caledonia). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($81,741 vs $40,588 in Columbus). Caledonia has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $121,200 in Columbus).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Columbus
Population	1,283	23,616
Median age	31.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,741	$40,588
Median home value	$175,000	$121,200
Median gross rent	$1,008	$882
Housing units	458	11,941
Homeownership rate	59.9%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Columbus
Population	1,301 → 1,283 (-1.4%)	24,083 → 23,616 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$62,857 → $81,741 (+30.0%)	$36,336 → $40,588 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $175,000 (+30.1%)	$121,900 → $121,200 (-0.6%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $1,008 (+39.4%)	$798 → $882 (+10.5%)

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

Columbus

Population

24,08323,616

Median household income

$36,336$40,588

Median home value

$121,900$121,200

Median gross rent

$798$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Columbus
Under 5	7.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	28.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	12.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.5%
75 and over	2.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Columbus
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	31.6%
Black or African American	2.7%	63.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Columbus
No high school diploma	9.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	34.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Columbus
Drove alone	88.3%	87.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Columbus
1-unit, detached	76.2%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Columbus
Poverty rate	3.7%	21.6%
Average household size	3.12	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1986	1974