States · New Mexico · Eddy County

Loving, New Mexico.

. Carlsbad-Artesia, NM metro.

What it costs per month · Loving $1,658/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$916 (+124%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 New Mexico $1,658 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • New Mexico$1,658
  • United States$1,922

Living in Loving, Eddy County, New Mexico

Loving is a village of 1,390 people in Eddy County. Unemployment in Eddy County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 6.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Eddy County work in schools and health care, then farming.

People 1,390 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Loving for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.5% Eddy County, August 2026; 3.3% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Loving for the Census survey to measure.

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Loving is a small village in Eddy County, in the southeast corner of New Mexico. Few of its adults hold a four-year degree, and none of its working residents work from home. Winters are mild by national standards, with some snow but not much, and summers are very hot and dry.

Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with many others in farming, forestry and mining, in shops, and in professional and business services. Across Eddy County, among the largest workplaces are Carlsbad Schools, the City of Carlsbad and Genesis Endeavors. Unemployment across the county has stayed low, and the county has added jobs over the past year.

Things to do. Carlsbad Caverns National Park is the best known place nearby, and it is a longer drive away. Also a longer drive away are Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park, a botanical garden, and Brantley Lake State Park, a protected area built around a reservoir.

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  • 495households
  • 5%of adults have a degree
  • 0%work from home

What people in Eddy County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Farming, forestry and mining16%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Building trades10%
  • Government6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Eddy County had 34,421 jobs in 2025, 6.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 59° and 31°; warmest in June, 97° and 67° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J 97° 67° J A S O N D 59° 31°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 59° and 31°; warmest in June, 97° and 67° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J 97° 67° J A S O N D 59° 31°

Coldest in December, with highs near 59° and lows near 31°; warmest in June, with highs near 97° and lows near 67°. About 3 inches of snow and 13 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Carlsbad weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Eddy County

  1. Carlsbad SchoolsSchool district981FTE
  2. City of CarlsbadCity and town councils507
  3. Genesis EndeavorsPetrochemical plant construction477
  4. Artesia SchoolsSchool district433FTE
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters379
  6. Eddy CountySheriffs' offices369
  7. Artesia General HospitalGeneral hospital353FTE
  8. HF Sinclair Navajo Refining LLC Artesia RefineryCrude petroleum refineries343

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 49 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,051 people in all across the county; Loving has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherVery high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. Strong windRelatively high
  4. LightningRelatively high
  5. DroughtRelatively moderate
  6. WildfireRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Loving’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Eddy County and the Carlsbad-Artesia, NM metro.

Loving home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Loving address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Loving — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.