Caledonia vs Irondale

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

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

Irondale has the higher population (534 vs 235 in Caledonia). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($60,156 vs $31,750 in Irondale). Irondale has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $50,300 in Caledonia).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Irondale
Population	235	534
Median age	47.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,156	$31,750
Median home value	$50,300	$100,000
Median gross rent	$725	$1,000
Housing units	122	246
Homeownership rate	82.9%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Irondale
Population	196 → 235 (+19.9%)	456 → 534 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$60,417 → $60,156 (-0.4%)	$37,917 → $31,750 (-16.3%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $50,300 (-28.1%)	$62,100 → $100,000 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $725 (+0.6%)	$719 → $1,000 (+39.1%)

Caledonia

Population

196235

Median household income

$60,417$60,156

Median home value

$70,000$50,300

Median gross rent

$721$725

Irondale

Population

456534

Median household income

$37,917$31,750

Median home value

$62,100$100,000

Median gross rent

$719$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Irondale
Under 5	0.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	1.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	5.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	18.3%	21.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.0%
75 and over	23.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Irondale
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Irondale
No high school diploma	8.6%	20.9%
High school graduate	60.4%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Irondale
Drove alone	65.1%	90.7%
Carpooled	34.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Irondale
1-unit, detached	83.6%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Irondale
Poverty rate	16.6%	34.8%
Average household size	2.01	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	53	36
Median year structure built	1966	1982