Lovington vs Tatum

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

Lovington and Tatum 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 736 in Tatum). Lovington has the higher median home value ($162,900 vs $107,400 in Tatum). Since 2019, Tatum's population has grown faster (+1.4% vs -0.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lovington	Tatum
Population	11,444	736
Median age	33.0 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,284	—
Median home value	$162,900	$107,400
Median gross rent	$1,063	$943
Housing units	4,091	377
Homeownership rate	71.5%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lovington	Tatum
Population	11,491 → 11,444 (-0.4%)	726 → 736 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$51,620 → $67,284 (+30.3%)	$50,208 → $46,477 (-7.4%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $162,900 (+39.5%)	$90,000 → $107,400 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,063 (+29.0%)	$718 → $943 (+31.3%)

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

Tatum

Population

726736

Median household income

$50,208$46,477

Median home value

$90,000$107,400

Median gross rent

$718$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lovington	Tatum
Under 5	7.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	24.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	26.9%
35 to 44	18.4%	16.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	5.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	4.5%
65 to 74	4.5%	11.5%
75 and over	3.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lovington	Tatum
White (non-Hispanic)	27.7%	45.1%
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%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	67.4%	47.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lovington	Tatum
No high school diploma	24.5%	15.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lovington	Tatum
Drove alone	68.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	21.6%	26.7%
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	Tatum
1-unit, detached	74.4%	70.8%
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%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Lovington	Tatum
Poverty rate	23.4%	15.7%
Average household size	3.21	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1971	1964