Artesia vs Carlsbad

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

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

Carlsbad has the higher population (31,813 vs 12,555 in Artesia). Carlsbad has the higher median household income ($78,277 vs $77,647 in Artesia). Artesia has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $187,900 in Carlsbad).

Population, income & housing

	Artesia	Carlsbad
Population	12,555	31,813
Median age	30.9 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,647	$78,277
Median home value	$213,800	$187,900
Median gross rent	$875	$1,206
Housing units	5,701	14,336
Homeownership rate	64.6%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Artesia	Carlsbad
Population	12,262 → 12,555 (+2.4%)	29,158 → 31,813 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$51,839 → $77,647 (+49.8%)	$69,193 → $78,277 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$177,800 → $213,800 (+20.2%)	$141,300 → $187,900 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $875 (+4.9%)	$1,012 → $1,206 (+19.2%)

Artesia

Population

12,26212,555

Median household income

$51,839$77,647

Median home value

$177,800$213,800

Median gross rent

$834$875

Carlsbad

Population

29,15831,813

Median household income

$69,193$78,277

Median home value

$141,300$187,900

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,206

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Artesia	Carlsbad
Under 5	9.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.9%
75 and over	5.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Artesia	Carlsbad
White (non-Hispanic)	35.3%	39.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.6%
Asian	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	53.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Artesia	Carlsbad
No high school diploma	15.2%	17.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Artesia	Carlsbad
Drove alone	83.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Artesia	Carlsbad
1-unit, detached	73.6%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	5.5%
20 or more units	4.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Artesia	Carlsbad
Poverty rate	14.1%	13.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1977	1970