Caledonia County vs Orleans County

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

Caledonia County and Orleans County are counties in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Caledonia County has the higher population (30,425 vs 27,492 in Orleans County). Orleans County has the higher median household income ($66,426 vs $66,075 in Caledonia County). Caledonia County has the higher median home value ($215,900 vs $213,300 in Orleans County).

Population, income & housing

	Caledonia County	Orleans County
Population	30,425	27,492
Median age	45.6 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,075	$66,426
Median home value	$215,900	$213,300
Median gross rent	$904	$897
Housing units	16,084	16,630
Homeownership rate	78.2%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caledonia County	Orleans County
Population	30,234 → 30,425 (+0.6%)	26,901 → 27,492 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$50,563 → $66,075 (+30.7%)	$49,168 → $66,426 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$169,500 → $215,900 (+27.4%)	$162,000 → $213,300 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $904 (+14.4%)	$796 → $897 (+12.7%)

Caledonia County

Population

30,23430,425

Median household income

$50,563$66,075

Median home value

$169,500$215,900

Median gross rent

$790$904

Orleans County

Population

26,90127,492

Median household income

$49,168$66,426

Median home value

$162,000$213,300

Median gross rent

$796$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caledonia County	Orleans County
Under 5	4.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	14.3%	14.2%
75 and over	8.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caledonia County	Orleans County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caledonia County	Orleans County
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	34.1%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caledonia County	Orleans County
Drove alone	71.5%	75.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	3.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	13.4%	10.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caledonia County	Orleans County
1-unit, detached	74.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Caledonia County	Orleans County
Poverty rate	12.6%	10.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1972	1977