Artesia MainStreet: Community Economic Assessment

Artesia’s population is relatively stable, though slowly growing; the rate of growth of the Hispanic population far exceeds that of the White/non-Hispanic population; levels of educational attainment are very low. For a small community of 11,000, Artesia’s economy is diverse. The economy has strong ‘base industries’ (including oil & gas, utilities, construction, wholesale trade, transportation, federal government) that bring dollars into the community and strong retail and service sectors that recycle these dollars among local businesses.