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Carlsbad Municipal Schools, NM

40,221 Population
2,491.1 square miles 16.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Eddy County: 35.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in New Mexico: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$38,653 ±$2,509 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Eddy County: $37,698 ±$2,159
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $34,823 ±$273
$79,434 ±$4,867 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Eddy County: $79,605 ±$4,603
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Mexico: $62,125 ±$608

12.1% ±2.4% (4,808  ±972) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Eddy County: 12.5% † 7,519 (±2.2% / ±1,325)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 18.1% 375,381 (±0.4% / ±7,817)

21.5 minutes ±1.4 (369,515  ±33,668) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Eddy County: 19.9 509,345 (±1.2 / ±40,588)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 23.2 18,772,496 (±0.2 / ±227,208)

Families

15,562 ±579 Number of households
  • Eddy County: 23,245 ±603
  • New Mexico: 825,021 ±3,033
2.5 ±0.1 (39,390  ±771) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Eddy County: 2.6 60,194 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about the same as the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,071,840

6.7% ±2.8% (587  ±246) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Eddy County: 6.6% † 882 (±2.4% / ±317)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 5.5% 26,124 (±0.4% / ±1,648)

Housing

17,712 ±429 Number of housing units
  • Eddy County: 26,633 ±40
  • New Mexico: 949,524 ±264

$192,700 ±$9,466 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Eddy County: $199,400 ±$9,309
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Mexico: $232,200 ±$1,548

15.1% ±3.4% (5,974  ±1,357) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Eddy County: 14.5% † 8,707 (±2.7% / ±1,619.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 12.2% 254,714 (±0.3% / ±7,124)

Social

83.9% ±4.5% (22,673  ±1,336.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Eddy County: 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% ±2.3% (5,564  ±634) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Eddy County: 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% ±1.6% (2,392  ±651) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Eddy County: 6.3% 3,836
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 9.2% 195,484

6.7% ±1.3% (2,042  ±397) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Eddy County: 6.7% † 3,003 (±1% / ±464)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 8.2% 133,239 (±0.2% / ±3,007)
2,042 Total veterans ±397 1,876 Male ±377 166 Female ±95

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