Caldwell

Population & Demographics

Caldwell, ID

Caldwell is home to 66,516 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 30,579 resident workers commute each day.

IdahoCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
66,516
people
Population

66,516 residents

Median age 31.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Caldwell population & demographics

Who lives in Caldwell — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
66,516
Median age
31.5yrs
Median household income
$73,058
Median home value
$367,300
Median gross rent
$1,264/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
19.5%
Poverty rate
11.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Caldwell

How Caldwell breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White56.0%
Hispanic or Latino36.8%
Two or more races4.1%
Some other race1.1%
Asian0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Black0.3%

Race across Caldwell

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Caldwell.

Caldwell at a glance
Employed Residents
30,579
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
13.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
18.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
12.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Boise City
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Caldwell proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Caldwell commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

58
Commute Score

58 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Caldwell

30,579 commutes, one dot at a time

Caldwell

Where 30,579 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Caldwell, by worker count.

1Boise City21.9 mi7,357
2Nampa7.2 mi6,490
3Caldwell0.0 mi5,596
4Meridian13.8 mi3,612
5Eagle15.7 mi663
6Garden City20.0 mi500
7Middleton4.8 mi270
8Kuna16.4 mi212

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Caldwell.

1Caldwell0.0 mi5,596
2Nampa7.2 mi3,483
3Meridian13.8 mi1,639
4Boise City21.9 mi1,515
5Middleton4.8 mi497
6Kuna16.4 mi425
7Eagle15.7 mi307
8Star9.6 mi249

Top industries

The sectors that employ Caldwell’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing13.4%
COConstruction12.1%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.3%
RTRetail Trade10.9%
EDEducational Services10.4%
PAPublic Administration8.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.8%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.4%
Connectivity

Internet options for Caldwell

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps99% of homes
2 Gbps94%
5 Gbps33%
8 Gbps33%
See all internet providers in Caldwell

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).