Caldwell County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,718 34.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,728 57.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,201 4.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 370 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,407 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 26 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 217 0.4%

• Under 18 11,272 23.2%
• 18–24 4,806 9.9%
• 25–44 13,418 27.6%
• 45–64 11,727 24.1%
• 65 and over 7,446 15.3%

Median household income

$70,980

90% interval $64,076–$77,884

−$8,743 vs TX · 83rd of 254

Below poverty line

11.8%

90% interval 9.1%–14.5%

−1.6 pp vs TX · 191st of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−0.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.6B

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,206

Establishments

897

• Education & health services 2,967 26.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,473 22.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,579 14.2%
• Construction 1,506 13.5%
• Professional & business services 531 4.8%
• Public administration 517 4.6%
• Manufacturing 494 4.4%
• Natural resources & mining 363 3.3%
• Financial activities 260 2.3%
• Unclassified 3 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 96.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.3%

+12.7 pp vs TX · 117th of 254

Median gross rent

$1,173

−$230 vs TX · 45th of 254

Owner-occupied

12,537

Renter-occupied

4,110

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $89,290/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,140/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 8,880 56.6%
• Democratic 6,618 42.2%
• Other / third-party 188 1.2%

• Spanish 15,212 33.4%
• German or other West Germanic 113 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 34 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 26 0.1%
• Arabic 17 0.0%
• Chinese 12 0.0%

Households

16,647

Family households

11,497

69.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,030

26.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,365

11.9% of families

Veterans

2,612

7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 10,630 23.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,784 12.6%
• Mainline Protestant 2,034 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,801 3.9%
• Black Protestant 595 1.3%
• Orthodox 28 0.1%

Health insured

78.6%

±2 pp

Uninsured

21.4%

±2 pp

42nd of 254

With a disability

14.8%

±1.2 pp

153rd of 254

Bachelor's or higher

19.3%

±2.1 pp

−14.5 pp vs TX · 143rd of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

23.5%

90% interval 21.6%–25.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

22nd District Court

Judges

1 (Total District Court judges with venue over this county; vintage 2026 txcourts.gov directory + Tex. Gov't Code § 24. Texas's court structure is unusual: each urban county has dozens of numbered District Courts (Harris ~60, Dallas ~45, Travis ~25, Bexar ~25, Tarrant ~20) with trial assignments random across the full bench. Rural counties typically have 1-2 District Court judges sitting on a multi-county district. County Court at Law judges (limited jurisdiction) and Constitutional County Court judges (presided over by the elected County Judge) are separately allocated and not counted here. TX has ~474 District Court judges statewide.)

Court seats

Lockhart, New Braunfels, San Marcos

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

17

45.46 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

15