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Country around Loving is a rural area of about 1,935 people in Eddy County, New Mexico, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 93 miles from Odessa, TX and 370 miles from San Antonio, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 97°F and winter highs 59°F, with about 1 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $211k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,935people
$211kTypical home
$1,291/moRent
97° / 59°Summer / winter
1"Snow
311Sunny days
48Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,935 people spread over the area
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 4 people per sq mi
- 370 mi to San Antonio, TX
- 93 mi to Odessa, TX
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $211k (≈$1,331/mo)
- Median rent $1,291/mo
- Median household income $46k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 97°F
- Winter highs around 59°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 311 sunny days a year (168 totally clear)
- 54 cloudy days a year
- 19 of 90 winter days are gray
- 48 days a year with rain or snow
- 1" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 36 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (525 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,547 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 30% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 10% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 24 mi to CNM airport
- 148 mi to ELP (major hub)
- 128 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 81% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 3,271 ft
- 484 mi to the ocean
- 12 mi to a big lake
- 26 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 118 mi to the nearest ski area
- 24 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 142 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 50% of New Mexico districts (reading)
- 24 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 32 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 185 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 25 mi to the nearest vet
- 24 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 57 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Eddy County: R+56 in 2024
- New Mexico: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk