County profile
Caldwell Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#2809 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 7% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$249.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,763
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
184
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,344
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$47.0k±$6.7k
Bachelor's degree+
11.2%±2.5%
Poverty rate
29.8%±4.9%
Business applications
123 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
27.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care52%
Retail trade22%
Finance & insurance8%
Food & accommodation6%
Other services6%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,344
residents · 2025 · -2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $45.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−44
International migration+12
Natural change−240
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$208.3M2019
$204.7M2020
$216.6M2021
$219.0M2022
$242.8M2023
$249.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$93.3k±$20.3k
Median gross rent
$830/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
20.4%±4.1%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$2.7M
7 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
10.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$834/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 62Heat wave 56Drought 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1582016
1552017
1712018
1652019
1652020
1762021
1822022
2032023
2232024
2042025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -36% since 2021112021
92022
102023
92024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
44.8 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
UP
Nearest port
4.3 km
PORT OF COLUMBIA DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
47.1 km
MONROE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.1k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Caldwell?
Caldwell's economy produced $249.3M in 2024, growing 2.7% year over year — slower than 66% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.