Artesia vs Atoka

A side-by-side comparison of Artesia and Atoka: population, income, housing, and more.

Artesia and Atoka are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Artesia has the higher population (12,555 vs 1,038 in Atoka). Artesia has the higher median household income ($77,647 vs $69,959 in Atoka). Artesia has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $119,100 in Atoka).

Population, income & housing

	Artesia	Atoka
Population	12,555	1,038
Median age	30.9 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,647	$69,959
Median home value	$213,800	$119,100
Median gross rent	$875	$1,136
Housing units	5,701	449
Homeownership rate	64.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Artesia	Atoka
Population	12,262 → 12,555 (+2.4%)	1,193 → 1,038 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$51,839 → $77,647 (+49.8%)	$60,679 → $69,959 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$177,800 → $213,800 (+20.2%)	$149,700 → $119,100 (-20.4%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $875 (+4.9%)	$1,003 → $1,136 (+13.3%)

Artesia

Population

12,26212,555

Median household income

$51,839$77,647

Median home value

$177,800$213,800

Median gross rent

$834$875

Atoka

Population

1,1931,038

Median household income

$60,679$69,959

Median home value

$149,700$119,100

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Artesia	Atoka
Under 5	9.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	22.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	26.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	4.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	27.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.5%
75 and over	5.1%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Artesia	Atoka
White (non-Hispanic)	35.3%	32.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	67.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Artesia	Atoka
No high school diploma	15.2%	8.7%
High school graduate	24.6%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Artesia	Atoka
Drove alone	83.4%	68.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	30.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Artesia	Atoka
1-unit, detached	73.6%	26.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	73.5%

Poverty & households

	Artesia	Atoka
Poverty rate	14.1%	4.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1977	1995