Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Strong in places, weak in others. Its weakest subject is incomes: the median household income is $61K, and 21% of residents live below the poverty line. Health is weaker too: residents are less healthy than 73% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Schools are where it shines: its schools rank ahead of 76% of Texas towns. It also does well on safety (B+): it reports less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns. At about $288K, a typical home costs 4.8 years of the College Station metro’s $60K median household income. The overall grade comes out at C+, 224th of 640 in Texas. Set against the rest, it does better than 44% of U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · FBI crime data, 2025 · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow.
Where Caldwell beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Caldwell El | PK–3 | 641 |
| First Baptist School | PK–8 | 119 |
| Caldwell Daep | — |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Caldwell is from typical.
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Census counts: 301 in 1880, 3,993 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1895 and 3 maps from 1956 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Caldwell, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Caldwell.
Caldwell carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Texas (mostly inland flooding), fares better on crime within Texas than nationally and has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 94% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $226 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Caldwell’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 11 of 100. Expected losses in Caldwell break down as 41% from inland flooding and 23% from cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Caldwell after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools: Caldwell ISD. One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Enrollment at the town’s public school: 641 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 641 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Trails total 1.6 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Caldwell’s trail network density stands at 0.4 miles per square mile, near both the Texas town median (0.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Caldwell | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. John E. Hejl Park at Davidson Creek | 1.4 mi | 46 |
| 2. Santa Fe Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Among adults in Caldwell, 15% have diabetes and 32% get no exercise outside work. The share of adults 18 to 64 in Caldwell who have no health insurance is 18%, against 18% in Texas’ towns and 8.1% across U.S. towns. 40% of Caldwell adults have high blood pressure. The town beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| Caldwell | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Caldwell | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.1% | 74.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.2% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 11.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 82% of Texas’s graded towns.
For Caldwell, the rate of thefts and burglaries is 4.4 per 1,000 residents. The rate of reported violence locally is 2 per 1,000 residents.
| Caldwell | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.4 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
July afternoons average 95°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.1°.
The July high for Caldwell comes to 95°F. Snowfall is close to zero. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Caldwell | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 39°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Caldwell has about as many jobs (1,980) as working residents, but only 350 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 18.8 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
17% of working residents work locally in Caldwell. The top destinations are Houston (11%), College Station (10%) and Bryan (10%). The town’s average commute comes in at 19 minutes. It had 1,980 jobs in 2023, down 199 from 2013.
| Caldwell | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical value, about $288K, is 10% below its July 2022 peak.
The typical home value in Caldwell is about $288,000, down 0.6% in a year, close to the Texas typical home. Homes sold in Caldwell spent a median 63 days on the market. In Caldwell, the rent at the middle of the market is $950 a month.
| Caldwell | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $950 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Caldwell; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Caldwell residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
2 places in Caldwell on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Texas, United States
Caldwell is a city in and the county seat of Burleson County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,993 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Caldwell grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #224 of 640 in Texas. It grades C for health, B+ for safety and A− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
