Caledonia vs Columbus AFB

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

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

Columbus AFB has the higher population (1,368 vs 1,283 in Caledonia). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($81,741 vs $75,952 in Columbus AFB). Since 2019, Caledonia's population has grown faster (-1.4% vs -17.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Columbus AFB
Population	1,283	1,368
Median age	31.9 yrs	25.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,741	$75,952
Median home value	$175,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,344
Housing units	458	512
Homeownership rate	59.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	67.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Columbus AFB
Population	1,301 → 1,283 (-1.4%)	1,667 → 1,368 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$62,857 → $81,741 (+30.0%)	$61,188 → $75,952 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $175,000 (+30.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$723 → $1,008 (+39.4%)	$1,267 → $1,344 (+6.1%)

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 AFB

Population

1,6671,368

Median household income

$61,188$75,952

Median gross rent

$1,267$1,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Columbus AFB
Under 5	7.6%	12.1%
5 to 17	28.1%	11.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	25.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	39.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	1.2%
55 to 64	8.0%	1.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	0.0%
75 and over	2.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Columbus AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	66.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.2%	3.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Columbus AFB
No high school diploma	9.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.0%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	51.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Columbus AFB
Drove alone	88.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Columbus AFB
1-unit, detached	76.2%	21.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	41.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Columbus AFB
Poverty rate	3.7%	8.0%
Average household size	3.12	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	8
Median year structure built	1986	1999