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Covington, VA Urban Area

7,944 Population
7.3 square miles 1,084.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,708 ±$2,100 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,088 ±$4,921 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.4% ±4.3% (1,526  ±344) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.5 minutes ±2.8 (50,300  ±9,689) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,497 ±198 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (7,852  ±418) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±3.9% (88  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,072 ±185 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$98,000 ±$9,387 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±2.4% (427  ±191.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±6% (4,854  ±445.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12% ±2.8% (656  ±158) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third 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

3.3% ±1% (260  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±1.7% (384  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
384 Total veterans ±110 377 Male ±109 7 Female ±13

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