Artesia is a medium-sized city located in the state of New Mexico. With a population of 12,550 people and three associated neighborhoods, Artesia is the 18th largest community in New Mexico. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Artesia, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Artesia, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Artesia’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Artesia does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $74,915.00.

Artesia real estate is some of the most expensive in New Mexico, although Artesia house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Artesia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.45% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the benefits of Artesia is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.95 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Artesia is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of Artesia citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.94% of adults 25 and older in Artesia have a college degree.

The per capita income in Artesia in 2022 was $33,397, which is upper middle income relative to New Mexico, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,588 for a family of four. However, Artesia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Artesia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Artesia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Artesia, accounting for 64.85% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Artesia residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Artesia include English, German, Irish, Italian, and British.

The most common language spoken in Artesia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.