With 11,498 people, Lovington is a city in New Mexico. 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. The median age is 32.0, younger than the US median of 38.9. 25.0% of people here live below the federal poverty line. Home values have more than tripled since 2000, reaching $166,100. Growth has run 21% since 2000, or 2,027 more people.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $68,821, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 32.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
8% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 109%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Lovington
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share44.8% → 69.1%(+24.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share52.2% → 26.6%(−25.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$81,842 → $166,100(+103%)US over the same years: +67%
Lovington's population equals 16% of Lea County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 34% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 8.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)40.2%(92)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)8.3%(19)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era11.4%(26)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.3%(3)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.7%(4)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 229 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Lovington, decade by decade
Lovington population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
9,267
$51,441
$81,842
9.6%
65.7
2000
9,471
$48,197
$79,424
10.4%
67.5
2010
11,009
$53,206
$101,707
9.2%
60.7
2020
11,668
$73,208
$146,657
7.9%
51.6
2024
11,498
$68,821
$166,100
8.4%
56.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
