Caldwell, Texas.
Typical home $288,407 (-0.5% in a year). College Station-Bryan, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$651 (+75%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $1,591 -1%
- $289,998$288,407 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $13,111 -4%
- $301,519$288,407 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Caldwell$1,514
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Caldwell, TX fell 0.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas
Caldwell is a city of 3,993 people in Burleson County. Unemployment in Burleson County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 9.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then other services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Caldwell is a small Texas city and the seat of Burleson County, with a younger population than most towns of its size. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than across the country, and more households live below the poverty line than is typical. The typical home is worth a good deal more than many would expect for a town this size, and most people reach work in a short drive. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot, with the warmest days in August. Rain falls steadily through the year.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by other services, manufacturing and retail. The largest workplaces in Caldwell include Caldwell ISD, Trussworks, which makes roof trusses, and American Extrusion Company, which produces aluminum shapes. Unemployment in Burleson County is unchanged from a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year. A small share of residents work from home.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway is a protected area a longer drive away, and Somerville Lake, a reservoir, is in the same direction. Fans of college sports and history can drive farther to Kyle Field, a stadium, or the George Bush Presidential Library, a museum.
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- 1,660households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 21%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Burleson County had 5,127 jobs in 2025, 9.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 35°; warmest in August, with highs near 98° and lows near 70°. About 41 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Somerville Dam weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Caldwell
- Caldwell ISDSchool district315FTE
- TrussworksRoof trusses, wood, manufacturing196
- American Extrusion CompanyPrimary aluminum production and manufacturing aluminum shapes161
- WalmartDiscount department stores93
- Brookshire BrothersGrocery stores73
- Caldwell III EnterprisesNursing homes63
- Burleson St. Joseph Health CenterCritical access hospital56FTE
- USA Automotive Partners OperatingAutomobile dealers, new only or new and used51
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 719 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Caldwell’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Burleson County and the College Station-Bryan, TX metro.
Caldwell home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Caldwell$288,407
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Caldwell listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Caldwell24.51%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Caldwell76
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Caldwell9
Zip codes with a Caldwell address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Caldwell — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.