Atoka vs Loving

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

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

Loving has the higher population (1,317 vs 1,038 in Atoka). Atoka has the higher median household income ($69,959 vs $60,203 in Loving). Loving has the higher median home value ($177,400 vs $119,100 in Atoka).

Population, income & housing

	Atoka	Loving
Population	1,038	1,317
Median age	31.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,959	$60,203
Median home value	$119,100	$177,400
Median gross rent	$1,136	$1,231
Housing units	449	639
Homeownership rate	85.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atoka	Loving
Population	1,193 → 1,038 (-13.0%)	1,241 → 1,317 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$60,679 → $69,959 (+15.3%)	$41,719 → $60,203 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$149,700 → $119,100 (-20.4%)	$106,100 → $177,400 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,003 → $1,136 (+13.3%)	$915 → $1,231 (+34.5%)

Atoka

Population

1,1931,038

Median household income

$60,679$69,959

Median home value

$149,700$119,100

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,136

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)

	Atoka	Loving
Under 5	8.9%	11.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	26.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	4.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	27.9%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.9%
75 and over	1.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atoka	Loving
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	15.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	67.7%	84.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atoka	Loving
No high school diploma	8.7%	19.5%
High school graduate	18.1%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	59.4%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atoka	Loving
Drove alone	68.1%	82.2%
Carpooled	30.8%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atoka	Loving
1-unit, detached	26.5%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	73.5%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Atoka	Loving
Poverty rate	4.6%	13.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1995	1981