Noble County Jail and Sheriff's Office · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Caldwell earn less than those in 86% of U.S. towns
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Ohio. Poverty touches 7.7% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. Jobs and income earn Caldwell C; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Caldwell at work: what stands out
How Caldwell earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Caldwell is better than 26% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Caldwell’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($51,208, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Caldwell’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Caldwell could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Time on the road from Caldwell: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caldwell workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 595 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Caldwell on a workday afternoon
On a workday 559 residents head out to work, 99 work right here, and 876 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Caldwell on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Cambridge
Where Caldwell clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What the 975 jobs in Caldwell are
975 jobs are based in Caldwell.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caldwell, 2013 → 2023: 869 → 975. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Caldwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Caldwell
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Caldwell
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Caldwell is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 595 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of Caldwell households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Caldwell’s commuters take a bus or train.
Caldwell is 3,697th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,695 | Loretto TN | 1,813 | $56K | 8.6% | 0.3% | 10% | C |
| 3,696 | Olean NY | 1,846 | $75K | 16.3% | 2.7% | 5% | C |
| 3,697 | Caldwell OH | 1,866 | $51K | 7.7% | 2.1% | 15% | C |
| 3,698 | North York PA | 2,248 | $64K | 21.2% | 13.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,699 | Barry Township IL | 1,553 | $77K | 14.9% | 5.3% | 14% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Caldwell, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Caldwell and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to Olive Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Caldwell workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell | – | C | A− | 23 min | $51,208 |
| Olive Township | 9% | B− | A− | 20 min | $55,028 |
| Noble Township | under 2% | C− | D | 22 min | $46,053 |
| Center Township | 2% | B | D− | 19 min | $88,894 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Caldwell’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Caldwell: questions
What is the median household income in Caldwell?
$51,208 (±$4,491) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caldwell?
7.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caldwell?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caldwell work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (9%, 19 mi), Olive Township (9%, 3 mi), Marietta (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Caldwell walkable?
Caldwell is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Caldwell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caldwell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caldwell
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.