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88256

1,935 Population
481.7 square miles 4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±7.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 36.2 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$33,371 ±$11,800 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: $37,970 ±$1,794
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
$45,714 ±$22,429 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: $78,426 ±$5,993
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808

22.5% ±9.8% (436  ±219) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 13.8% † 8,344 (±2.3% / ±1,408)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)

20 minutes ±8.2 (11,255  ±6,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 21.4 545,720 (±1.7 / ±50,223)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)

Families

696 ±135 Number of households
  • the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 23,620 ±573
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
2.8 ±0.4 (1,935  ±483) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 2.5 60,049 (±0.1 / ±61)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201

4.7% ±8.3% (18  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 6.9% † 933 (±2.4% / ±322)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)

Housing

909 ±178 Number of housing units
  • the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 26,839 ±48
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262

$211,000 ±$34,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: $212,600 ±$9,367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957

1.1% ±2.2% (22  ±43.4) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 15.4% † 9,200 (±2.2% / ±1,318.3)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)

Social

80.9% ±8.3% (984  ±212.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 83.4% 33,283 (±4.1% / ±1,637.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
9.1% ±7.1% (111  ±88.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 19.3% † 7,702 (±2% / ±798.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)

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

7.4% ±5.4% (144  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 7.7% 4,683
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738

3.5% ±2.4% (50  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM Micro Area: 6.6% † 2,990 (±1% / ±469)
  • about half the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
50 Total veterans ±36 50 Male ±36 N/A Female ±14

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