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Place dossier plate
SheetWI-CALEDONIA-WI · Caledonia, WI 25,292 pop · income 72nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Caledonia
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Caledonia on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Corsicana · lowest
51,240
Corsicana · lowest
51,240 median HH income
23.0% of the leader · rank #1
North Palm Be… · near
91,042
North Palm Be… · near
91,042 median HH income
40.9% of the leader · rank #2
Osino · near
91,052
Osino · near
91,052 median HH income
40.9% of the leader · rank #3
Caledonia · this city
91,053
Caledonia · this city
91,053 median HH income
40.9% of the leader · rank #4
Spring Lake · near
91,058
Spring Lake · near
91,058 median HH income
40.9% of the leader · rank #5
Bal Harbour · near
91,061
Bal Harbour · near
91,061 median HH income
40.9% of the leader · rank #6
Lafayette · highest
222,393
Lafayette · highest
222,393 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Caledonia on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 25,292.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Caledonia - the verdict
Nationally, Caledonia sits in the 72nd percentile for household income and the 84th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
72nd
percentile, household income
61st
percentile, home value
29th
percentile, median rent
84th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Caledonia, WI
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 25,292 residents in Caledonia, a small city within Wisconsin. Caledonia households earn a median of $91,053 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.5%. Home values in Caledonia run a median of $279,400, and the median resident age is 44.8 years. About 32.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 61.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Caledonia reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 533.1 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Wisconsin run below the national norm: the state registers 94.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,097 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Wisconsin, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 59.1 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Caledonia's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to population change to housing and income to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Caledonia, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Caledonia?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Wisconsin, the closest population matches are Mequon (25,259 residents, $147,391 income); De Pere (25,368 residents, $80,550 income); Muskego (25,156 residents, $116,361 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sugar Hill, GA (25,285 residents); Mercer Island, WA (25,282 residents); Lafayette, CA (25,277 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Caledonia?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 82.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Is Caledonia growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -79 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.3% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
How far does income reach against housing in Caledonia?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Caledonia?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 533.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 77% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
533.1
Violent rate
63.2
Property rate
469.9
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Wisconsin average
B
City profile score · Caledonia, WI
73/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A-
2.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime A-
63 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income B
$91,053
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living B-
94.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share C+
32.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Caledonia profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 82/100 (A-) · 2.5%
Violent crime: 80/100 (A-) · 63 /100k
Household income: 70/100 (B) · $91,053
Cost of living: 68/100 (B-) · 94.1 index
Bachelor's+ share: 62/100 (C+) · 32.3%
Where Caledonia sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Caledonia's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Caledonia highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Caledonia, WI (this city): home $279,400, crime 533/100k
Mercer Island, WA : home $1,884,200, crime 1,278/100k
Lafayette, CA : home $2,000,000+, crime 1,348/100k
Corsicana, TX : home $161,400, crime 2,727/100k
Denison, TX : home $167,800, crime 990/100k
Mequon, WI : home $485,300, crime 598/100k
De Pere, WI : home $253,900, crime 644/100k
Muskego, WI : home $390,900, crime 1,544/100k
Stevens Point, WI : home $189,700, crime 783/100k
Superior, WI : home $168,500, crime 2,425/100k
Neenah, WI : home $194,700, crime 1,299/100k
How does Caledonia compare to other US cities?
Where Caledonia sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income72% higher than other cities
Home value61% pricier than other cities
Median rent29% pricier than other cities
Safety84% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Wisconsin alone, Caledonia ranks #54 of 202 Wisconsin cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Caledonia against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Wisconsin only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Wisconsin-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Caledonia near the bottom of Wisconsin's cities
Among the 761 Wisconsin cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Caledonia ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Caledonia only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#128 of 753
83rd percentile in Wisconsin
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 761
0th percentile in Wisconsin
Median Home Value
#140 of 754
81st percentile in Wisconsin
Poverty Rate
#548 of 761
27th percentile in Wisconsin
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#176 of 761
77th percentile in Wisconsin
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Wisconsin only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
72nd percentile nationally for median household income · 84th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Caledonia's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Caledonia's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Caledonia's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$279,40039th percentilemore affordable than 39% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Caledonia's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,050 of 15,516
More affordable than 55% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,006 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.1×, Caledonia sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,050 of 15,516 and #1,006 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$91,053Caledonia, WI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Caledonia, WI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Caledonia, WI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
25,292
Median Income
$91,053
Median Home Value
$279,400
Median Age
44.8
Poverty Rate
2.5%
Labor force participation
61.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
32.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
533.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
63.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
469.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Caledonia's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
25,308 residents
2021
25,242 residents
2022
25,191 residents
2023
25,165 residents
2024
25,185 residents
2025
25,229 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
82.1%
Carpool
6.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.9%
Work from Home
10.0%
Other
0.6%
Based on 12,298 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Wisconsin statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Wisconsin at $225 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Wisconsin statewide averages, not a meter reading for Caledonia. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Wisconsin's BEA cost-of-living index is 94.1 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Caledonia is $1,097/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Wisconsin statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 59.1 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Wisconsin statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Caledonia sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Caledonia compares to similar-size Wisconsin cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.