Caledonia vs Mount Pleasant

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

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

Mount Pleasant has the higher population (27,694 vs 25,292 in Caledonia). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($91,053 vs $90,189 in Mount Pleasant). Caledonia has the higher median home value ($279,400 vs $269,900 in Mount Pleasant).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Mount Pleasant
Population	25,292	27,694
Median age	44.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,053	$90,189
Median home value	$279,400	$269,900
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,045
Housing units	10,653	12,061
Homeownership rate	81.8%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Mount Pleasant
Population	25,120 → 25,292 (+0.7%)	26,928 → 27,694 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$80,659 → $91,053 (+12.9%)	$69,485 → $90,189 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$208,600 → $279,400 (+33.9%)	$190,800 → $269,900 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,080 (+17.8%)	$859 → $1,045 (+21.7%)

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

Mount Pleasant

Population

26,92827,694

Median household income

$69,485$90,189

Median home value

$190,800$269,900

Median gross rent

$859$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Mount Pleasant
Under 5	6.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.7%
75 and over	8.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Mount Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	69.8%
Black or African American	3.0%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Mount Pleasant
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Mount Pleasant
Drove alone	82.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.0%	11.0%
Other means	0.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Mount Pleasant
1-unit, detached	80.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	16.4%
20 or more units	5.8%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Mount Pleasant
Poverty rate	4.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1978	1981