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Carlsbad, NM Urban Area

32,523 Population
19.5 square miles 1,670 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,328 ±$2,707 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,470 ±$13,748 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.4% ±2.4% (4,595  ±785) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22 minutes ±1.9 (301,685  ±37,112) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,101 ±625 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (31,610  ±1,007) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.9% ±3.6% (537  ±245) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,221 ±543 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$200,600 ±$13,660 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.5% ±2.9% (5,274  ±946.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.2% ±4.4% (18,083  ±1,199) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±2.6% (4,322  ±592.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.6% ±2.3% (2,787  ±760) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±1.7% (1,642  ±425) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,642 Total veterans ±425 1,571 Male ±411 71 Female ±62

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