Caledonia vs Lima

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

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

Caledonia has the higher population (2,193 vs 2,188 in Lima). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $85,469 in Lima). Lima has the higher median home value ($195,400 vs $169,700 in Caledonia).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Lima
Population	2,193	2,188
Median age	38.4 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,583	$85,469
Median home value	$169,700	$195,400
Median gross rent	$961	$815
Housing units	1,024	837
Homeownership rate	71.3%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Lima
Population	2,078 → 2,193 (+5.5%)	2,278 → 2,188 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $89,583 (+55.8%)	$60,625 → $85,469 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $169,700 (+46.4%)	$146,200 → $195,400 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $961 (+36.3%)	$645 → $815 (+26.4%)

Caledonia

Population

2,0782,193

Median household income

$57,500$89,583

Median home value

$115,900$169,700

Median gross rent

$705$961

Lima

Population

2,2782,188

Median household income

$60,625$85,469

Median home value

$146,200$195,400

Median gross rent

$645$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Lima
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	12.8%	18.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	5.0%
75 and over	5.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Lima
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	82.0%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Lima
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	26.0%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Lima
Drove alone	79.6%	73.9%
Carpooled	11.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	12.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Lima
1-unit, detached	78.5%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	18.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Lima
Poverty rate	4.0%	4.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1950	1970