Caledonia, Mississippi.
Typical home $258,207 (+3.6% in a year). Columbus, MS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$675 (+99%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,895 +4%
- $249,311$258,207 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $44,046 +21%
- $214,161$258,207 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Caledonia$1,355
- Mississippi$1,021
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in Caledonia, MS rose 3.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Caledonia, Lowndes County, Mississippi
Caledonia is a town of 1,135 people in Lowndes County. Half its households earn more than $82,806 a year and half less, against $53,812 across Lowndes County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Lowndes County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 2.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lowndes County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Caledonia is a small town in Lowndes County, Mississippi, where households have incomes well above the county's and a smaller share of people live below the poverty line than the figures for many Mississippi places might suggest. Homes here are typically valued at a moderate level. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with many others in manufacturing, shops, and transport, warehouses and utilities. Across Lowndes County, some of the largest workplaces are Baptist MEM Hospital Golden Triangle, the Lowndes County school district and Paccar Engine Company. Unemployment in the county is lower than it was a year ago, and the county has added jobs. The typical commute is moderate, and few people work from home.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Lake Lowndes State Park is a protected area a longer drive away, and Columbus Lake is a reservoir that is also a longer drive from town. Those interested in history can visit Plymouth, an archaeological site, also a longer drive away.
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- 30%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Lowndes County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lowndes County had 26,162 jobs in 2025, 2.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 55° and lows near 33°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 58 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Vernon weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lowndes County
- Baptist MEM Hospital Golden TriangleGeneral hospital983FTE
- Lowndes CO School DistSchool district859FTE
- Columbus Municipal School DistSchool district546FTE
- Paccar Engine CompanyDiesel and semidiesel engines manufacturing533
- Mississippi University for WomenUniversity or college451
- Bracken Construction CompanyIndustrial building construction401
- International PaperDeinking plants367
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters364
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 56 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,662 people in all across the county; Caledonia has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Caledonia’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lowndes County and the Columbus, MS metro.
Caledonia home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Caledonia$258,207
- Mississippi$194,531
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Caledonia listings — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Caledonia31.70%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Caledonia25
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Caledonia6
Zip codes with a Caledonia address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Caledonia — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.