Caledonia vs Racine

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

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

Racine has the higher population (77,155 vs 25,292 in Caledonia). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($91,053 vs $55,705 in Racine). Caledonia has the higher median home value ($279,400 vs $158,100 in Racine).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia	Racine
Population	25,292	77,155
Median age	44.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,053	$55,705
Median home value	$279,400	$158,100
Median gross rent	$1,080	$983
Housing units	10,653	34,042
Homeownership rate	81.8%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia	Racine
Population	25,120 → 25,292 (+0.7%)	77,081 → 77,155 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$80,659 → $91,053 (+12.9%)	$44,056 → $55,705 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$208,600 → $279,400 (+33.9%)	$108,700 → $158,100 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,080 (+17.8%)	$831 → $983 (+18.3%)

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

Racine

Population

77,08177,155

Median household income

$44,056$55,705

Median home value

$108,700$158,100

Median gross rent

$831$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia	Racine
Under 5	6.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	21.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	8.5%
75 and over	8.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia	Racine
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	50.7%
Black or African American	3.0%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia	Racine
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.8%
High school graduate	27.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia	Racine
Drove alone	82.1%	75.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.5%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia	Racine
1-unit, detached	80.5%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	5.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia	Racine
Poverty rate	4.3%	18.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1978	1953