Artesia vs Happy Valley

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

Artesia and Happy Valley 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 616 in Happy Valley). Artesia has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $144,400 in Happy Valley). Since 2019, Artesia's population has grown faster (+2.4% vs -20.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Artesia	Happy Valley
Population	12,555	616
Median age	30.9 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,647	—
Median home value	$213,800	$144,400
Median gross rent	$875	$1,153
Housing units	5,701	355
Homeownership rate	64.6%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Artesia	Happy Valley
Population	12,262 → 12,555 (+2.4%)	774 → 616 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$51,839 → $77,647 (+49.8%)	$61,120 → $61,083 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$177,800 → $213,800 (+20.2%)	$208,300 → $144,400 (-30.7%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $875 (+4.9%)	$1,261 → $1,153 (-8.6%)

Artesia

Population

12,26212,555

Median household income

$51,839$77,647

Median home value

$177,800$213,800

Median gross rent

$834$875

Happy Valley

Population

774616

Median household income

$61,120$61,083

Median home value

$208,300$144,400

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Artesia	Happy Valley
Under 5	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	9.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	1.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	2.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	21.4%
55 to 64	8.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	33.9%
75 and over	5.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Artesia	Happy Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	35.3%	73.4%
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%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Artesia	Happy Valley
No high school diploma	15.2%	13.5%
High school graduate	24.6%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Artesia	Happy Valley
Drove alone	83.4%	93.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Artesia	Happy Valley
1-unit, detached	73.6%	71.3%
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%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Artesia	Happy Valley
Poverty rate	14.1%	28.2%
Average household size	2.56	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1977	1959