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Artesia, NM

12,555 Population
11.3 square miles 1,108.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 35.9 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$36,351 ±$5,135 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: $37,698 ±$2,159
  • a little higher than the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$77,647 ±$16,659 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: $79,605 ±$4,603
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

14.2% ±6.1% (1,769  ±767) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 12.5% † 7,519 (±2.2% / ±1,325)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

17.2 minutes ±2.6 (88,770  ±17,078) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 19.9 509,345 (±1.2 / ±40,588)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

4,876 ±343 Number of households
  • the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 23,245 ±603
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.6 ±0.2 (12,502  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 2.6 60,194 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

7.2% ±5.6% (200  ±157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 6.6% † 882 (±2.4% / ±317)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

5,701 ±345 Number of housing units
  • the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 26,633 ±40
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$213,800 ±$15,008 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: $199,400 ±$9,309
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

17.7% ±6.9% (2,168  ±851.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 14.5% † 8,707 (±2.7% / ±1,619.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

84.8% ±9.1% (6,401  ±817.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 84.3% 33,631 (±4.1% / ±1,629.5)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 87.7% 1,272,853 (±0.6% / ±8,960.6)
20.6% ±5.4% (1,553  ±420.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 19.8% † 7,907 (±2% / ±815.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 30.2% 438,228 (±0.4% / ±5,096.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.8% ±3.3% (858  ±408) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 6.3% 3,836
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

7.4% ±3.1% (639  ±264) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 6.7% † 3,003 (±1% / ±464)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
639 Total veterans ±264 451 Male ±179 188 Female ±226

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