Work & commute · Lovington

Work & commute in Lovington, NM

About one in 3 of Lovington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hobbs (24%), Albuquerque (4%) and Carlsbad (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,290 of 4,278 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,988 Lovington residents head out of town to work, 1,290 work right here, and 1,778 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lovington.

2,988live here, work elsewhere

1,290live and work here

1,778work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lovington goes to work

Lovington (in town)right here

30%1,290

Hobbs18.4 mi away

24%1,022

Albuquerque240.7 mi away

4%187

Carlsbad64 mi away

4%164

North Hobbs17.7 mi away

2%77

Roswell74.4 mi away

2%70

Artesia62.7 mi away

2%67

Clovis103.6 mi away

1%48

Las Cruces204.7 mi away

1%45

Eunice37 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,266

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lovington commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

30%

27%

39%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lovington is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lovington are

3,068 jobs are based in Lovington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lovington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lovington

3,068 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Lovington residents hold

4,278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−19%

Jobs based in Lovington, 2013 → 2023: 3,791 → 3,068. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.