2025 Compare Cities Health:
Carlsbad, NM vs Capitan, NM

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Highlights
- There are 160 physicians per 100,000 people in Capitan.
- There are 97 physicians per 100,000 people in Carlsbad.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Carlsbad, NMCapitan, NMUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock90.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)33  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock4086.9
 Physicians per Cap.97  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock84100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Carlsbad    16 Reviews

I've only been here for a few months, but I can quickly sum up this town as a rundown truck stop, perpetually buffeted by relentless wind, dirt, and hot air. The gas  More

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Over 3 years ago

We used to visit here every few years from Michigan just to see the Living Desert State Park. A very long way to drive to spend a a couple of days in this hauntingly  More

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Been here 9 years. Very difficult place. Price gouging, extremely expensive to live here. Crazy amounts of crime, cops do nothing. Very crowded, bad traffic and crazy  More

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Reviews for Capitan    3 Reviews

I live a few miles outside Capitan in a beautiful rural area. I joined here only to be able to counter the extremely negative reviews published. Capitan is my market  More

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Over 7 years ago

The community is far from friendly and very trashy. Village government is twisted with an even more bizarre police department. Locals remind you "NM is a buyer beware  More

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Over 18 years ago

People who've lived in other places frequently comment on Capitan's great weather. Having lived here most of my life, I can't compare Capitan's climate to other places  More

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