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Covington, LA

11,658 Population
8 square miles 1,449.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 40.5 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,867 ±$4,095 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: $43,364 ±$1,249
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,851 ±$6,237 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: $81,202 ±$1,958
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.7% ±4% (1,264  ±435) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 11.4% 30,699 (±1.1% / ±3,041)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±3.2 (112,520  ±16,765) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 31.5 3,439,380 (±0.6 / ±93,735)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,390 ±298 Number of households
  • the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 105,082 ±957
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (10,756  ±56) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 2.6 269,853 (±0 / ±54)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±4.3% (113  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 5.1% † 3,050 (±0.9% / ±546)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,640 ±332 Number of housing units
  • the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 113,911 ±77
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$295,100 ±$29,695 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: $284,000 ±$5,856
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.5% ±3.9% (1,909  ±445) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 11.5% 31,090 (±1.1% / ±2,986.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.5% ±6.9% (7,330  ±700.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 92% 172,300 (±2% / ±3,657.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.4% ±4.8% (3,156  ±429.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 37.7% 70,583 (±1.2% / ±2,184.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.8% ±1.7% (330  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 4.5% 12,228
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±1.5% (360  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Metro Area: 7.5% 15,461 (±0.5% / ±995)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
360 Total veterans ±137 320 Male ±123 40 Female ±46

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