Clovis

Population & Demographics

Clovis, NM

Clovis is home to 37,942 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 15,661 resident workers commute each day.

New MexicoCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
37,942
people
Population

37,942 residents

Median age 31.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Clovis population & demographics

Who lives in Clovis — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
37,942
Median age
31.9yrs
Median household income
$54,820
Median home value
$169,400
Median gross rent
$988/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
23.6%
Poverty rate
21.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Clovis

How Clovis breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino48.9%
White39.9%
Black5.3%
Two or more races4.1%
Asian1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Some other race0.1%

Race across Clovis

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Clovis.

Clovis at a glance
Employed Residents
15,661
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
17.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
50.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
4.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Albuquerque
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Clovis proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Clovis commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

85 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Clovis

15,661 commutes, one dot at a time

Clovis

Where 15,661 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Clovis, by worker count.

1Clovis0.0 mi7,917
2Albuquerque200.4 mi888
3Portales17.8 mi732
4Roswell103.8 mi294
5Amarillo93.7 mi278
6Santa Fe179.4 mi259
7Lubbock95.9 mi231
8Cannon AFB7.2 mi227

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Clovis.

1Clovis0.0 mi7,917
2Portales17.8 mi793
3Albuquerque200.4 mi231
4Hobbs117.4 mi150
5Carlsbad150.2 mi131
6Tucumcari59.9 mi128
7Texico9.0 mi117
8Roswell103.8 mi112

Top industries

The sectors that employ Clovis’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance24.5%
RTRetail Trade16.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services14.9%
EDEducational Services12.5%
COConstruction4.1%
PAPublic Administration3.7%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.1%
TRTransportation and Warehousing3.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Clovis

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
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