Caledonia vs Potosi

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

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

Potosi has the higher population (2,542 vs 235 in Caledonia). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($60,156 vs $37,055 in Potosi). Potosi has the higher median home value ($101,100 vs $50,300 in Caledonia).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Potosi
Population	235	2,542
Median age	47.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,156	$37,055
Median home value	$50,300	$101,100
Median gross rent	$725	$719
Housing units	122	1,249
Homeownership rate	82.9%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Potosi
Population	196 → 235 (+19.9%)	2,608 → 2,542 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$60,417 → $60,156 (-0.4%)	$36,719 → $37,055 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $50,300 (-28.1%)	$96,400 → $101,100 (+4.9%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $725 (+0.6%)	$498 → $719 (+44.4%)

Caledonia

Population

196235

Median household income

$60,417$60,156

Median home value

$70,000$50,300

Median gross rent

$721$725

Potosi

Population

2,6082,542

Median household income

$36,719$37,055

Median home value

$96,400$101,100

Median gross rent

$498$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Potosi
Under 5	0.9%	10.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	1.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	5.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	18.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	6.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.5%
75 and over	23.0%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Potosi
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Potosi
No high school diploma	8.6%	14.8%
High school graduate	60.4%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Potosi
Drove alone	65.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	34.9%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Potosi
1-unit, detached	83.6%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Potosi
Poverty rate	16.6%	24.6%
Average household size	2.01	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	53	25
Median year structure built	1966	1963