Carlsbad, New Mexico

Carlsbad population, 2020 to 2024

Carlsbad lost 265 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +519. Among 35 New Mexico places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by -0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Mexico has 11,693 people, so Carlsbad is 2.7 times that size.

Carlsbad covers 31.66 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 1,011 people per square mile of land. The median New Mexico place of 5,000+ has 1,067, so Carlsbad is close to the typical town.

What county Carlsbad is in

All of Carlsbad's residents live in Eddy County, which had 61,436 residents in 2024. Carlsbad holds 52.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Carlsbad

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carlsbad by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 88220. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Carlsbad is

The Census internal point of Carlsbad is at 32.400800, -104.241000. Santa Fe, the capital, is 246.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hobbs, NM (41,061 people), 66.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Odessa, TX, 116.6 miles away.

Daylight in Carlsbad

At 32.40° N, Carlsbad gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Carlsbad

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Mexico, measured between internal points. The closest is Loving, 11.5 miles away, with 1,359 people.