Lovington vs Monument

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

Lovington and Monument 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 437 in Monument). Monument has the higher median home value ($265,900 vs $162,900 in Lovington). Since 2019, Monument's population has grown faster (+226.1% vs -0.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lovington	Monument
Population	11,444	437
Median age	33.0 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,284	—
Median home value	$162,900	$265,900
Median gross rent	$1,063	—
Housing units	4,091	124
Homeownership rate	71.5%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lovington	Monument
Population	11,491 → 11,444 (-0.4%)	134 → 437 (+226.1%)
Median household income	$51,620 → $67,284 (+30.3%)	—
Median home value	$116,800 → $162,900 (+39.5%)	$134,100 → $265,900 (+98.3%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,063 (+29.0%)	—

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

Monument

Population

134437

Median home value

$134,100$265,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lovington	Monument
Under 5	7.8%	12.6%
5 to 17	24.7%	28.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	31.8%
35 to 44	18.4%	2.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	18.3%
65 to 74	4.5%	1.6%
75 and over	3.4%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lovington	Monument
White (non-Hispanic)	27.7%	3.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	15.1%
Hispanic or Latino	67.4%	81.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lovington	Monument
No high school diploma	24.5%	60.8%
High school graduate	35.5%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lovington	Monument
Drove alone	68.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	21.6%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lovington	Monument
1-unit, detached	74.4%	48.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	51.6%

Poverty & households

	Lovington	Monument
Poverty rate	23.4%	10.5%
Average household size	3.21	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1971	1990