The population of Caldwell county is estimated at 81,787. In 2017 there were 795 births and 935 deaths in Caldwell county. Caldwell county has 14,859 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 9,190 that are owned free and clear and 9,339 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Caldwell County filed 33,790 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all North Carolina filings and 0.023% of the entire nation. Caldwell had a combined total federal tax liability of $208,654,000 on earned income of $1,503,740,000. Other notable statistics from Caldwell County were 550 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,570,000 and 5,270 charitable contributions valued at $30,329,000. 5,830 filings from Caldwell County paid a combined total of $12,127,000 in property taxes and 4,870 filings paid $29,026,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Caldwell county had 153 religious congregations with an estimated 48,345 members.
14.8% of the Caldwell population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 21.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Caldwell County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,409 votes.
At $44,798 the median income is 84.8% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 1,651 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Caldwell, the equivalant of around 4.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Caldwell County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
6,098	Manufacturing
3,225	Furniture and related product manufacturing
3,144	Household and institutional furniture manufacturing
2,924	Health care and social assistance
2,740	Retail trade
2,535	Nonupholstered wood household furniture manufacturing
1,546	Food services and drinking places
849	Ambulatory health care services
832	General merchandise stores
828	Limited-service restaurants
655	Plastics product manufacturing
655	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
549	Full-service restaurants
494	Food and beverage stores
483	Wood product manufacturing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.96% in Caldwell County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 28645 and 28630).

In 2018 11.32% of listings in Caldwell County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 28638, 28645 and 28630) dropped their price.

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