Artesia vs Loving

A side-by-side comparison of Artesia and Loving: population, income, housing, and more.

Artesia and Loving are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Artesia has the higher population (12,555 vs 1,317 in Loving). Artesia has the higher median household income ($77,647 vs $60,203 in Loving). Artesia has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $177,400 in Loving).

Population, income & housing

	Artesia	Loving
Population	12,555	1,317
Median age	30.9 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,647	$60,203
Median home value	$213,800	$177,400
Median gross rent	$875	$1,231
Housing units	5,701	639
Homeownership rate	64.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Artesia	Loving
Population	12,262 → 12,555 (+2.4%)	1,241 → 1,317 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$51,839 → $77,647 (+49.8%)	$41,719 → $60,203 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$177,800 → $213,800 (+20.2%)	$106,100 → $177,400 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $875 (+4.9%)	$915 → $1,231 (+34.5%)

Artesia

Population

12,26212,555

Median household income

$51,839$77,647

Median home value

$177,800$213,800

Median gross rent

$834$875

Loving

Population

1,2411,317

Median household income

$41,719$60,203

Median home value

$106,100$177,400

Median gross rent

$915$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Artesia	Loving
Under 5	9.4%	11.3%
5 to 17	22.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	8.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	12.9%
75 and over	5.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Artesia	Loving
White (non-Hispanic)	35.3%	15.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	84.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Artesia	Loving
No high school diploma	15.2%	19.5%
High school graduate	24.6%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Artesia	Loving
Drove alone	83.4%	82.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Artesia	Loving
1-unit, detached	73.6%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Artesia	Loving
Poverty rate	14.1%	13.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1977	1981