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Covington, TN

8,587 Population
11.4 square miles 750.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,015 ±$2,753 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $37,885 ±$531
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,254 ±$7,949 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $66,401 ±$885
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.3% ±6.5% (2,403  ±530) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 16.6% 218,212 (±0.5% / ±6,412)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.1 minutes ±4.6 (69,120  ±16,760) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.3 13,453,315 (±0.3 / ±194,957)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,685 ±304 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 522,879 ±1,921
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (8,216  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.5 1,321,279 (±0 / ±268)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±4% (90  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.2% 17,080 (±0.4% / ±1,260)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,147 ±279 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 580,185 ±204
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$185,900 ±$48,265 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $245,900 ±$2,502
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±6.3% (1,002  ±535.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 11.6% 153,253 (±0.5% / ±6,288.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88% ±9% (5,118  ±597.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 89.6% 798,402 (±0.9% / ±8,140)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.7% ±3.9% (796  ±231.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 31% 276,416 (±0.5% / ±4,564.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about two-fifths of 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

0.1% ±0.1% (6  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.3% 84,595
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±2% (337  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.3% 63,169 (±0.2% / ±2,390)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
337 Total veterans ±127 337 Male ±127 N/A Female ±20

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