Caldwell

About Caldwell

Caldwell is a borough located in northwestern Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 16 miles (26 km) west of New York City and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Newark, the state's most populous city. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 9,027, an increase of 1,205 (+15.4%) from the 2010 census count of 7,822, which in turn reflected an increase of 238 (+3.1%) from the 7,584 counted in the 2000 census.

Caldwell was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 10, 1892, from portions of Caldwell Township (now Fairfield Township), based on the results of a referendum held on the previous day. In 1981, the borough's name was changed to the "Township of the Borough of Caldwell", as one of seven Essex County municipalities to pass a referendum to become a township, joining four municipalities that had already made the change, of what would ultimately be more than a dozen Essex County municipalities to reclassify themselves as townships in order take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated townships a greater share of government aid to municipalities on a per capita basis. Effective January 26, 1995, it again became a borough.

Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States and the first president to serve two nonconsecutive terms, was born in Caldwell on March 18, 1837. His father, the Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland, was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The Grover Cleveland birthplace—the church's former manse—is now a museum and is open to the public.

Though today the Caldwell area is considered to be a suburb of both Newark and New York City, the area originally developed as its own individual, self-contained community and economy rather than as urban sprawl from a larger city. When it was formed, miles of woods separated downtown Caldwell from Newark or any of its developing suburbs.

New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Caldwell as its third-best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.

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Living in Caldwell

Median household income

$96,824

Median home value

$575,400

Median rent

$1,976/mo

Median age

37.2

Map of Caldwell

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Caldwell, NJ population

Caldwell had 9,027 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Caldwell at a glance

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Towns near Caldwell

• Essex Fells0.8 mi S
• West Caldwell1.1 mi NW
• Verona1.8 mi E
• North Caldwell2.0 mi NE
• Roseland2.1 mi SW
• Pleasantdale2.4 mi S
• Cedar Grove2.8 mi NE
• Fairfield3.3 mi NW
• Montclair3.6 mi E
• Singac3.6 mi NE
• West Orange3.7 mi S
• Pine Brook3.9 mi NW

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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