The median owner-occupied home in Caldwell County had a real-estate tax bill of $594 (± $90) a year, compared with $1,472 in Kentucky and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $113,500 (± $7,966), compared with $192,300 in Kentucky and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Caldwell County | Kentucky | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 12,631 | 4,510,725 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $594 ± $90 | $1,472 ± $9 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $113,500 ± $7,966 | $192,300 ± $1,018 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $57,618 ± $7,603 | $62,417 ± $401 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.52% ± 0.09 points | 0.77% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 71.8% ± 3.5 points | 68.3% ± 0.4 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 38.4% ± 4.2 points | 32.8% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 15.3% ± 4.3 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 28% of the estimate | 17.7% ± 0.3 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Caldwell County (3)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
- Dawson Springs (partly in this county)
- Fredonia
- Princeton
Other named communities in Caldwell County (43)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Bakers
- Baldwin Ford
- Bethany (historical)
- Briarfield (historical)
- Briarfield-Union Grove (historical)
- Cedar Bluff
- Claxton
- Claxton Crossroads (historical)
- Cobb
- Creswell
- Crider
- Crowtown
- Dulaney
- Enon
- Farmersville
- Flat Rock
- Friendship
- Fryer
- Harper Ford
- Hickory Grove
- Hollinsworth Post Office (historical)
- Hopson
- Lakeshore
- Lebanon (historical)
- Lewistown
- Livingston (historical)
- McGowan
- Midway
- Needmore
- Otter Pond
- Piney Grove (historical)
- Pumpkin Center
- Quinn
- Rock Spring (historical)
- Rufus
- Ruth
- Scottsburg
- Shady Grove (historical)
- Smith Ford
- Tom Gray Ford
- Utley Ford
- Walche Cut
- White Sulphur