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Lovington Public Schools, NM

15,690 Population
1,047.5 square miles 15 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lea County: 32.5 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,967 ±$2,625 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lea County: $31,326 ±$2,273
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,395 ±$8,399 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lea County: $68,015 ±$5,605
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.8% ±4.9% (3,196  ±776) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lea County: 18.7% † 13,366 (±2.6% / ±1,831)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.7 minutes ±4.9 (174,485  ±34,700) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lea County: 24.4 714,675 (±2 / ±61,734)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,833 ±422 Number of households
  • Lea County: 24,670 ±504
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0.3 (15,384  ±825) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lea County: 2.9 71,561 (±0.1 / ±134)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.6% ±4% (311  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lea County: 8% † 1,383 (±1.9% / ±334)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,533 ±407 Number of housing units
  • Lea County: 28,403 ±55
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$181,400 ±$23,584 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lea County: $184,000 ±$8,831
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10% ±3.3% (1,538  ±519.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lea County: 13% † 9,426 (±1.9% / ±1,371.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

76.2% ±5.6% (7,167  ±706.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lea County: 74.7% 33,011 (±3.5% / ±1,542)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.4% ±3.1% (1,264  ±305.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lea County: 15.5% † 6,870 (±1.6% / ±726)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19.5% ±3.3% (3,061  ±535) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lea County: 18.3% 13,490
  • more than double the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3% ±1.1% (325  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lea County: 3.4% † 1,749 (±0.6% / ±305)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
325 Total veterans ±121 278 Male ±99 47 Female ±60

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