County profile
Caldwell County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1484 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,760
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
733
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
55,150
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$69.8k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
19.3%±2.1%
Poverty rate
13.2%±2.5%
Business applications
746 · 2025
Retail establishments
97
18.3/10k 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
Retail trade25%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation20%
Construction18%
Manufacturing10%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
55,150
residents · 2025 · +20.0% since 2020
Income per capita $46.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,105
International migration+934
Natural change+1,167
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$967.6M2019
$1.0B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$240.5k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$75/mo
Vacancy rate
5.3%±1.4%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$111.5M
443 units · 8.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 87Drought 86Strong wind 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2112016
2372017
2532018
2702019
2792020
3332021
4142022
4272023
4352024
4242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -19% since 20215442021
3382022
9752023
5292024
4432025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.7 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
6.6 km
UP
Nearest port
131.6 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
40.0 km
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.2k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Caldwell?
Caldwell's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 7.5% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.