Caledonia vs New Hope

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

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

New Hope has the higher population (3,587 vs 1,283 in Caledonia). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($81,741 vs $79,250 in New Hope). New Hope has the higher median home value ($223,900 vs $175,000 in Caledonia).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	New Hope
Population	1,283	3,587
Median age	31.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,741	$79,250
Median home value	$175,000	$223,900
Median gross rent	$1,008	$963
Housing units	458	1,294
Homeownership rate	59.9%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	New Hope
Population	1,301 → 1,283 (-1.4%)	3,908 → 3,587 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$62,857 → $81,741 (+30.0%)	$62,904 → $79,250 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $175,000 (+30.1%)	$155,100 → $223,900 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $1,008 (+39.4%)	$804 → $963 (+19.8%)

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

New Hope

Population

3,9083,587

Median household income

$62,904$79,250

Median home value

$155,100$223,900

Median gross rent

$804$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	New Hope
Under 5	7.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	28.1%	23.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	17.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.5%
75 and over	2.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	New Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	66.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	30.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	New Hope
No high school diploma	9.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	34.0%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	New Hope
Drove alone	88.3%	87.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	New Hope
1-unit, detached	76.2%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	New Hope
Poverty rate	3.7%	1.8%
Average household size	3.12	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1986	1990