Real estate · Small-town market · New Mexico
Real estate agents and brokers in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area
How the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #56 of 533 scored small-town markets
#4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 43
- 3 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $413.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,495 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 176
- 76% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.2
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,509
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 real estate agents and brokers in the Carlsbad-Artesia area. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 18.2 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Households in the Carlsbad-Artesia area spend about $413.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $17,495 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 76% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Carlsbad-Artesia area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 2,624 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $492K has gone to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Carlsbad-Artesia area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Carlsbad-Artesia area grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Carlsbad-Artesia area scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers, ranking #56 of 533 scored small-town markets and #4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Carlsbad-Artesia area compares
The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Carlsbad-Artesia area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.2 | 23.5 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 176 | 129 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,624 | 1,123 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.0% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,495 | $16,591 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $78,426 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 433 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $492K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Carlsbad-Artesia area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Carlsbad-Artesia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,509+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 23,620
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,176 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $78,426+20.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,979
- Median home value
- $212,600
- Jobs located here
- 30,860
- Daytime population
- 65,233Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Española, NM | 77 | 10 | 6.4 | 457 | −1.0% | #16 of 533 |
| 2Gallup, NM | 73 | 12 | 5.6 | 479 | −6.1% | #31 of 533 |
| 3Hobbs, NM | 73 | 45 | 18.2 | 169 | +0.2% | #36 of 533 |
| 4Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 69 | 43 | 18.2 | 176 | +0.3% | #56 of 533 |
| 5Roswell, NM | 67 | 30 | 12.7 | 222 | −2.7% | #66 of 533 |
| 6Las Vegas, NM | 65 | 13 | 9.4 | 291 | −3.2% | #75 of 533 |
| 7Deming, NM | 65 | 12 | 13.0 | 195 | −0.2% | #82 of 533 |
| 8Alamogordo, NM | 59 | 45 | 18.4 | 157 | +3.7% | #149 of 533 |
| 9Los Alamos, NM | 51 | 30 | 36.4 | 116 | 0.0% | #251 of 533 |
| 10Clovis, NM | 36 | 64 | 24.6 | 115 | −3.3% | #447 of 533 |
Other business types in the Carlsbad-Artesia area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate67
- Real estate agents and brokers69
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area?
There are 43 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in the Carlsbad-Artesia area as of September 2026. 3 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $413.2M a year, or $17,495 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 43 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 76% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,620 households in the Carlsbad-Artesia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Carlsbad-Artesia area has 18.2 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 176, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Carlsbad-Artesia area would have about 76, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,624 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
How fast is the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Carlsbad-Artesia area at 62,509 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,620 households. The median household income in the Carlsbad-Artesia area is $78,426 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Carlsbad-Artesia area scores 69 for real estate agents and brokers (upper middle), #56 of 533 scored small-town markets.
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