Happy Valley vs Loving

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

Happy Valley 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 616 in Happy Valley). Loving has the higher median home value ($177,400 vs $144,400 in Happy Valley). Since 2019, Loving's population has grown faster (+6.1% vs -20.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Happy Valley	Loving
Population	616	1,317
Median age	54.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$60,203
Median home value	$144,400	$177,400
Median gross rent	$1,153	$1,231
Housing units	355	639
Homeownership rate	86.5%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Happy Valley	Loving
Population	774 → 616 (-20.4%)	1,241 → 1,317 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$61,120 → $61,083 (-0.1%)	$41,719 → $60,203 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$208,300 → $144,400 (-30.7%)	$106,100 → $177,400 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,261 → $1,153 (-8.6%)	$915 → $1,231 (+34.5%)

Happy Valley

Population

774616

Median household income

$61,120$61,083

Median home value

$208,300$144,400

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,153

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)

	Happy Valley	Loving
Under 5	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 17	9.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	1.5%	11.7%
25 to 34	2.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	21.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	33.9%	12.9%
75 and over	6.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Happy Valley	Loving
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	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	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	84.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Happy Valley	Loving
No high school diploma	13.5%	19.5%
High school graduate	15.5%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	65.4%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Happy Valley	Loving
Drove alone	93.5%	82.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Happy Valley	Loving
1-unit, detached	71.3%	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	28.7%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Happy Valley	Loving
Poverty rate	28.2%	13.1%
Average household size	1.89	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1959	1981