Caledonia vs Dansville

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

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

Dansville has the higher population (4,731 vs 2,193 in Caledonia). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $57,500 in Dansville). Caledonia has the higher median home value ($169,700 vs $105,800 in Dansville).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Dansville
Population	2,193	4,731
Median age	38.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,583	$57,500
Median home value	$169,700	$105,800
Median gross rent	$961	$881
Housing units	1,024	2,364
Homeownership rate	71.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Dansville
Population	2,078 → 2,193 (+5.5%)	4,586 → 4,731 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $89,583 (+55.8%)	$45,000 → $57,500 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $169,700 (+46.4%)	$87,800 → $105,800 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $961 (+36.3%)	$726 → $881 (+21.3%)

Caledonia

Population

2,0782,193

Median household income

$57,500$89,583

Median home value

$115,900$169,700

Median gross rent

$705$961

Dansville

Population

4,5864,731

Median household income

$45,000$57,500

Median home value

$87,800$105,800

Median gross rent

$726$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Dansville
Under 5	4.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	12.8%	11.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.7%
75 and over	5.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Dansville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	90.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Dansville
No high school diploma	2.3%	7.7%
High school graduate	26.0%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Dansville
Drove alone	79.6%	75.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	3.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Dansville
1-unit, detached	78.5%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Dansville
Poverty rate	4.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1950	1938