Caldwell is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 65,920 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Caldwell is the fifth largest community in Idaho. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Caldwell, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Caldwell, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Caldwell’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Caldwell does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $65,259.00.

Also of interest is that Caldwell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.82% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

The percentage of adults in Caldwell who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.63% of the adults in Caldwell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Caldwell in 2018 was $24,112, which is lower middle income relative to Idaho, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,448 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 Asian. Caldwell also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.91% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Caldwell include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and French.

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