Loving vs Olney

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

Loving and Olney are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Olney has the higher population (3,011 vs 142 in Loving). Loving has the higher median household income ($81,797 vs $39,231 in Olney). Since 2019, Olney's population has grown faster (-3.4% vs -23.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Loving	Olney
Population	142	3,011
Median age	60.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,797	$39,231
Median home value	—	$92,200
Median gross rent	—	$436
Housing units	81	1,561
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loving	Olney
Population	185 → 142 (-23.2%)	3,117 → 3,011 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$75,324 → $81,797 (+8.6%)	$49,079 → $39,231 (-20.1%)
Median home value	$177,400 → $201,800 (+13.8%)	$51,200 → $92,200 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$689 → $436 (-36.7%)

Loving

Population

185142

Median household income

$75,324$81,797

Median home value

$177,400$201,800

Olney

Population

3,1173,011

Median household income

$49,079$39,231

Median home value

$51,200$92,200

Median gross rent

$689$436

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loving	Olney
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	29.6%	7.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	31.7%	10.1%
75 and over	12.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loving	Olney
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	72.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loving	Olney
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	60.2%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loving	Olney
Drove alone	63.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	36.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loving	Olney
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Loving	Olney
Poverty rate	13.4%	24.9%
Average household size	1.75	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	11
Median year structure built	1938	1967