About Lovelock

Lovelock is a very small city located in the state of Nevada. With a population of 1,973 people and just one neighborhood, Lovelock is the 35th largest community in Nevada.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lovelock is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lovelock is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lovelock who work in office and administrative support jobs (10.76%), teaching (7.45%), and food service (6.74%).

One of the benefits of Lovelock is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.75 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Lovelock is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Lovelock Information and Demographics

In Lovelock, just 11.41% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Lovelock in 2000 was $17,233, which is middle income relative to Nevada and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,932 for a family of four.

Lovelock is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lovelock home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lovelock is White, followed by Native American. Lovelock also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.73% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lovelock include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Lovelock is English. Some people also speak Spanish.