The median home value in Carlsbad, NM is $259,005 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.15% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$259,005
Year-over-Year
+1.15%
Population
31,243
Carlsbad ranks #15 of 27 New Mexico cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 0.5% below the state's city median of $260,337. It sits in Eddy County, where the county-wide median is $253,886.
Carlsbad police recorded a violent crime rate of 525 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,791 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Carlsbad is $259,005. That's up 1.15% from a year earlier. That is about 0.5% below the typical county in New Mexico.
Homes in Carlsbad are more expensive than Eddy County as a whole, where the median is $253,886 — a difference of about 2.0%.
Carlsbad police reported 525 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 31,243. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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