Texas · Census place 4811836

Caldwell, Texas

Caldwell is a city in Burleson County, Texas with an estimated 4,820 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 390th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,820
#390 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+19.6%
+789 people
Land area
4.3 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,126 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Caldwell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Caldwell population, 2020 to 2024

Caldwell added 789 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +19.6%. In the latest year it moved by +214.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,992. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Caldwell covers 4.28 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,126 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Caldwell is less dense than the typical town.

What county Caldwell is in

All of Caldwell's residents live in Burleson County, which had 20,179 residents in 2024. Caldwell holds 23.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Caldwell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Caldwell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77836. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Caldwell is

The Census internal point of Caldwell is at 30.529800, -96.699700. Austin, the capital, is 64.5 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rockdale, TX (5,637 people), 20.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is College Station, TX, 24.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.529800, -96.699700
DMS
30°31'47.28"N 96°41'58.92"W
UTM
14N 720699.6E 3379745.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
8625G8H2+W4

Daylight in Caldwell

At 30.53° N, Caldwell gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Caldwell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Somerville, 16.2 miles away, with 1,478 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Caldwell, TX?

4,820 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 789 (19.6%) from 4,031 in July 2020.

What county is Caldwell in?

Burleson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Caldwell?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77836.

How far is Caldwell from Austin?

64.5 miles (103.7 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Caldwell.

What is the nearest larger city to Caldwell?

Rockdale, TX, with 5,637 residents, 20.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.