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Covington, KY

40,902 Population
13.2 square miles 3,106.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,410 ±$2,065 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: $43,371 ±$365
  • a little higher than the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$58,814 ±$2,926 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: $79,490 ±$732
  • a little less than the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

21.8% ±2.1% (8,758  ±849) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 11.6% 256,786 (±0.3% / ±6,794)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

22.5 minutes ±1 (407,190  ±27,268) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 25 24,035,524 (±0.2 / ±243,544)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

18,293 ±519 Number of households
  • the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 899,273 ±2,633
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.2 ±0.1 (40,101  ±75) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 2.5 2,208,934 (±0 / ±601)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

3.8% ±1.4% (362  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 5.5% 28,515 (±0.3% / ±1,490)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

20,946 ±495 Number of housing units
  • the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 961,797 ±376
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$167,900 ±$6,103 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: $240,200 ±$1,485
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

17.5% ±2.8% (7,083  ±1,120.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 12.7% 282,130 (±0.3% / ±6,827.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

87% ±3.6% (25,687  ±1,194.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 92.3% 1,405,975 (±0.6% / ±9,415)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
32% ±2.4% (9,443  ±736.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 36.9% 561,945 (±0.4% / ±5,786.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.4% ±1.1% (2,215  ±458) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 5.7% 128,627
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

6% ±0.8% (1,954  ±253) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area: 6.4% 109,840 (±0.2% / ±2,762)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
1,954 Total veterans ±253 1,803 Male ±244 151 Female ±63

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