Carlsbad vs Loving

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

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

Carlsbad has the higher population (31,813 vs 1,317 in Loving). Carlsbad has the higher median household income ($78,277 vs $60,203 in Loving). Carlsbad has the higher median home value ($187,900 vs $177,400 in Loving).

Population, income & housing

	Carlsbad	Loving
Population	31,813	1,317
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,277	$60,203
Median home value	$187,900	$177,400
Median gross rent	$1,206	$1,231
Housing units	14,336	639
Homeownership rate	71.9%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlsbad	Loving
Population	29,158 → 31,813 (+9.1%)	1,241 → 1,317 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$69,193 → $78,277 (+13.1%)	$41,719 → $60,203 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $187,900 (+33.0%)	$106,100 → $177,400 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,206 (+19.2%)	$915 → $1,231 (+34.5%)

Carlsbad

Population

29,15831,813

Median household income

$69,193$78,277

Median home value

$141,300$187,900

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,206

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)

	Carlsbad	Loving
Under 5	6.7%	11.3%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.9%
75 and over	6.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlsbad	Loving
White (non-Hispanic)	39.9%	15.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.4%	84.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlsbad	Loving
No high school diploma	17.9%	19.5%
High school graduate	27.4%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlsbad	Loving
Drove alone	80.8%	82.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	10.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	2.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlsbad	Loving
1-unit, detached	76.6%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Carlsbad	Loving
Poverty rate	13.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1970	1981