Caldwell is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,579 people and three associated neighborhoods, Caldwell is the 444th largest community in Texas.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.99% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, Caldwell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Caldwell overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Caldwell, 23.00% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Caldwell in 2022 was $33,136, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,544 for a family of four. However, Caldwell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Caldwell is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Caldwell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Caldwell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Caldwell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.81% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Caldwell include German, Irish, English, Czech, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Caldwell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.