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Caldwell

United States · GDP 2024
#915 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.3B
GDP growth
+4.8%
Jobs tracked
23,930
Employers
1,414
Avg. wage
$48.8k
Population
81,105
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$56.4k±$2.2k
Business applications
822 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing31%
Health care25%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade12%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
81,105
residents · 2025 · +0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $50.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,687
International migration+376
Natural change−2,566

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.5B
2019
$2.6B
2020
$2.7B
2021
$3.0B
2022
$3.2B
2023
$3.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$192.2k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$744/mo±$24/mo
Vacancy rate
12.0%±1.4%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
501 (6.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
67.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Ice storm 88Earthquake 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
196
2016
200
2017
214
2018
230
2019
242
2020
270
2021
326
2022
356
2023
379
2024
392
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
24.3 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
CWCY
Nearest port
206.7 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Forks-of-the-River Slip.
Nearest commercial airport
27.4 km
HICKORY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$48.8k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lincoln$3.3BTuolumne$3.3BWhite$3.3BLiberty$3.3BVan Buren$3.3BJackson$3.3B
The read

Caldwell's economy produced $3.3B in 2024, growing 4.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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.
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