Hobbs vs Lovington

A side-by-side comparison of Hobbs and Lovington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hobbs has the higher population (39,887 vs 11,444 in Lovington). Lovington has the higher median household income ($67,284 vs $65,691 in Hobbs). Hobbs has the higher median home value ($180,700 vs $162,900 in Lovington).

Population, income & housing

	Hobbs	Lovington
Population	39,887	11,444
Median age	31.7 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,691	$67,284
Median home value	$180,700	$162,900
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,063
Housing units	15,687	4,091
Homeownership rate	62.8%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hobbs	Lovington
Population	38,375 → 39,887 (+3.9%)	11,491 → 11,444 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$59,020 → $65,691 (+11.3%)	$51,620 → $67,284 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$140,600 → $180,700 (+28.5%)	$116,800 → $162,900 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,132 (+26.5%)	$824 → $1,063 (+29.0%)

Hobbs

Population

38,37539,887

Median household income

$59,020$65,691

Median home value

$140,600$180,700

Median gross rent

$895$1,132

Lovington

Population

11,49111,444

Median household income

$51,620$67,284

Median home value

$116,800$162,900

Median gross rent

$824$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hobbs	Lovington
Under 5	8.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	24.7%
18 to 24	11.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	18.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	4.5%
75 and over	3.9%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hobbs	Lovington
White (non-Hispanic)	29.2%	27.7%
Black or African American	5.2%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	61.9%	67.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hobbs	Lovington
No high school diploma	24.1%	24.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hobbs	Lovington
Drove alone	78.6%	68.0%
Carpooled	16.9%	21.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hobbs	Lovington
1-unit, detached	68.2%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	5.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Hobbs	Lovington
Poverty rate	20.5%	23.4%
Average household size	2.71	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1977	1971