Burlington vs Caledonia

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

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

Caledonia has the higher population (25,292 vs 11,021 in Burlington). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($91,053 vs $81,658 in Burlington). Caledonia has the higher median home value ($279,400 vs $268,300 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Caledonia
Population	11,021	25,292
Median age	37.9 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,658	$91,053
Median home value	$268,300	$279,400
Median gross rent	$967	$1,080
Housing units	4,750	10,653
Homeownership rate	54.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Caledonia
Population	10,847 → 11,021 (+1.6%)	25,120 → 25,292 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$68,564 → $81,658 (+19.1%)	$80,659 → $91,053 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $268,300 (+44.8%)	$208,600 → $279,400 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $967 (+14.3%)	$917 → $1,080 (+17.8%)

Burlington

Population

10,84711,021

Median household income

$68,564$81,658

Median home value

$185,300$268,300

Median gross rent

$846$967

Caledonia

Population

25,12025,292

Median household income

$80,659$91,053

Median home value

$208,600$279,400

Median gross rent

$917$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Caledonia
Under 5	5.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.4%
75 and over	9.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Caledonia
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	79.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Caledonia
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	36.4%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Caledonia
Drove alone	76.4%	82.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.0%
Other means	4.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Caledonia
1-unit, detached	52.8%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	20.3%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Caledonia
Poverty rate	11.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1972	1978