Jal vs Lovington

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

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

Lovington has the higher population (11,444 vs 2,069 in Jal). Lovington has the higher median household income ($67,284 vs $60,703 in Jal). Lovington has the higher median home value ($162,900 vs $105,400 in Jal).

Population, income & housing

	Jal	Lovington
Population	2,069	11,444
Median age	43.7 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,703	$67,284
Median home value	$105,400	$162,900
Median gross rent	$1,155	$1,063
Housing units	947	4,091
Homeownership rate	70.5%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jal	Lovington
Population	1,896 → 2,069 (+9.1%)	11,491 → 11,444 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$54,716 → $60,703 (+10.9%)	$51,620 → $67,284 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $105,400 (+48.9%)	$116,800 → $162,900 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $1,155 (+70.6%)	$824 → $1,063 (+29.0%)

Jal

Population

1,8962,069

Median household income

$54,716$60,703

Median home value

$70,800$105,400

Median gross rent

$677$1,155

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)

	Jal	Lovington
Under 5	2.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	21.7%	24.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	18.4%
45 to 54	19.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	4.5%
75 and over	6.8%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jal	Lovington
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	27.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	67.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jal	Lovington
No high school diploma	28.3%	24.5%
High school graduate	19.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jal	Lovington
Drove alone	93.2%	68.0%
Carpooled	1.9%	21.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jal	Lovington
1-unit, detached	81.3%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Jal	Lovington
Poverty rate	21.8%	23.4%
Average household size	2.62	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1963	1971