Housing density: 2,864 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $231,294.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,709 (lower quartile is $1,420, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,899
Median gross rent in Caldwell, NJ in 2022: $1,844
Housing units in Caldwell with a mortgage: 895 (109 second mortgage, 81 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 354
In family households: 645,040 (104,343 male householders, 84,996 female householders)
113,673 spouses, 245,726 children (232,723 natural, 5,793 adopted, 7,210 stepchildren), 20,627 grandchildren, 15,422 brothers or sisters, 11,923 parents, foster children, 19,910 other relatives, 22,762 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 115,157 (42,135 male householders (33,262 living alone)), 52,238 female householders (45,266 living alone)), 20,784 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 23,772 (12,126 institutionalized population)
108,634 married couples with children.
65,899 single-parent households (10,059 men, 55,840 women).
85.1% of residents of Caldwell speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
7.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
3.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 1,374 (16.9%)
(51.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Caldwell, New Jersey
2761995 to March 2000
2241990 to 1994
551985 to 1989
541980 to 1984
831975 to 1979
851970 to 1974
431965 to 1969
108Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 1,991 (20.5%)
Irish: 1,753 (18.0%)
Other: 1,490 (15.3%)
German: 1,046 (10.8%)
English: 886 (9.1%)
Polish: 587 (6.0%)
Russian: 200 (2.1%)
United States: 192 (2.0%)
Scotch-Irish: 176 (1.8%)
Dutch: 141 (1.5%)
Norwegian: 139 (1.4%)
Hungarian: 128 (1.3%)
Scottish: 114 (1.2%)
French: 113 (1.2%)
Swedish: 109 (1.1%)
Greek: 87 (0.9%)
Slovak: 87 (0.9%)
Ukrainian: 68 (0.7%)
Portuguese: 60 (0.6%)
West Indian: 58 (0.6%)
Arab: 57 (0.6%)
Czech: 57 (0.6%)
Lithuanian: 54 (0.6%)
Welsh: 42 (0.4%)
Danish: 38 (0.4%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.2%)
Swiss: 15 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.08%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
India
Caldwell:
11.4% (106)
New Jersey:
8.1% (119,497)
United Kingdom
Caldwell:
11.2% (104)
New Jersey:
2.1% (30,355)
Poland
Caldwell:
8.6% (80)
New Jersey:
3.8% (55,466)
Costa Rica
Caldwell:
6.6% (61)
New Jersey:
0.8% (12,383)
Guyana
Caldwell:
4.0% (37)
New Jersey:
1.2% (17,746)
Other Eastern Europe
Caldwell:
3.3% (31)
New Jersey:
1.2% (17,647)
Egypt
Caldwell:
3.2% (30)
New Jersey:
1.4% (20,079)
Trinidad and Tobago
Caldwell:
3.1% (29)
New Jersey:
0.9% (13,289)
Yugoslavia
Caldwell:
3.0% (28)
New Jersey:
0.4% (5,697)
Taiwan
Caldwell:
3.0% (28)
New Jersey:
1.2% (18,066)
Korea
Caldwell:
3.0% (28)
New Jersey:
3.5% (51,970)
Ukraine
Caldwell:
2.9% (27)
New Jersey:
1.0% (14,768)
Italy
Caldwell:
2.8% (26)
New Jersey:
4.0% (58,395)
Greece
Caldwell:
2.6% (24)
New Jersey:
0.8% (12,403)
Mexico
Caldwell:
2.4% (22)
New Jersey:
4.6% (67,667)
Romania
Caldwell:
2.3% (21)
New Jersey:
0.4% (6,115)
Japan
Caldwell:
2.3% (21)
New Jersey:
0.8% (11,245)
Turkey
Caldwell:
2.3% (21)
New Jersey:
0.7% (9,606)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Caldwell:
2.2% (20)
New Jersey:
2.7% (40,092)
Cuba
Caldwell:
1.9% (18)
New Jersey:
3.7% (55,241)
Hong Kong
Caldwell:
1.5% (14)
New Jersey:
0.6% (8,266)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 4,796
Other state: 1,829
Northeast: 1,319
Midwest: 169
South: 258
West: 83
57% of Caldwell residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in New Jersey.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 7
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 31
7th and 8th grade: 27
9th grade: 29
10th grade: 36
11th grade: 23
12th grade, no diploma: 87
High school graduate (or equivalency): 461
Less than 1 year of college: 111
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 361
Associate degree: 106
Bachelor's degree: 710
Master's degree: 351
Professional school degree: 122
Doctorate degree: 20
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 7
Nursery to 4th grade: 18
5th and 6th grade: 10
7th and 8th grade: 53
9th grade: 20
10th grade: 32
11th grade: 25
12th grade, no diploma: 83
High school graduate (or equivalency): 839
Less than 1 year of college: 163
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 421
Associate degree: 159
Bachelor's degree: 718
Master's degree: 357
Professional school degree: 113
Doctorate degree: 47
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 1,276
One, attached: 175
Two: 399
3 or 4: 256
5 to 9: 211
10 to 19: 161
20 to 49: 284
50 or more: 634
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.6%