Carlsbad vs Livingston Wheeler

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

Carlsbad and Livingston Wheeler 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 643 in Livingston Wheeler). Carlsbad has the higher median home value ($187,900 vs $164,300 in Livingston Wheeler). Since 2019, Carlsbad's population has grown faster (+9.1% vs -8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Carlsbad	Livingston Wheeler
Population	31,813	643
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,277	—
Median home value	$187,900	$164,300
Median gross rent	$1,206	—
Housing units	14,336	244
Homeownership rate	71.9%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlsbad	Livingston Wheeler
Population	29,158 → 31,813 (+9.1%)	706 → 643 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$69,193 → $78,277 (+13.1%)	—
Median home value	$141,300 → $187,900 (+33.0%)	$166,600 → $164,300 (-1.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,206 (+19.2%)	—

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

Livingston Wheeler

Population

706643

Median home value

$166,600$164,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlsbad	Livingston Wheeler
Under 5	6.7%	18.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	20.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	15.1%
75 and over	6.0%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlsbad	Livingston Wheeler
White (non-Hispanic)	39.9%	51.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.4%	48.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlsbad	Livingston Wheeler
No high school diploma	17.9%	12.8%
High school graduate	27.4%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlsbad	Livingston Wheeler
Drove alone	80.8%	93.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlsbad	Livingston Wheeler
1-unit, detached	76.6%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	36.5%

Poverty & households

	Carlsbad	Livingston Wheeler
Poverty rate	13.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1970	1986