Caldwell vs Dexter City

A side-by-side comparison of Caldwell and Dexter City: population, income, housing, and more.

Caldwell and Dexter City are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Caldwell has the higher population (1,872 vs 95 in Dexter City). Dexter City has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $49,032 in Caldwell). Caldwell has the higher median home value ($114,000 vs $102,100 in Dexter City).

Population, income & housing

	Caldwell	Dexter City
Population	1,872	95
Median age	56.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,032	$53,750
Median home value	$114,000	$102,100
Median gross rent	$608	$765
Housing units	884	36
Homeownership rate	65.9%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caldwell	Dexter City
Population	2,334 → 1,872 (-19.8%)	63 → 95 (+50.8%)
Median household income	$34,625 → $49,032 (+41.6%)	$51,250 → $53,750 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $114,000 (+30.6%)	$93,800 → $102,100 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $608 (-4.3%)	$658 → $765 (+16.3%)

Caldwell

Population

2,3341,872

Median household income

$34,625$49,032

Median home value

$87,300$114,000

Median gross rent

$635$608

Dexter City

Population

6395

Median household income

$51,250$53,750

Median home value

$93,800$102,100

Median gross rent

$658$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caldwell	Dexter City
Under 5	5.3%	21.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	6.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	4.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	22.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	23.3%	12.6%
75 and over	14.0%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caldwell	Dexter City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caldwell	Dexter City
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	41.7%	70.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caldwell	Dexter City
Drove alone	96.0%	92.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caldwell	Dexter City
1-unit, detached	71.9%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Caldwell	Dexter City
Poverty rate	11.9%	29.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1958	1938