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Covington district, Alleghany County, VA

2,390 Population
70.8 square miles 33.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±8.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alleghany County: 48.1 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,862 ±$5,892 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alleghany County: $30,925 ±$1,899
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$67,957 ±$7,901 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alleghany County: $55,160 ±$3,351
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

10.9% ±7.1% (257  ±174) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 13.1% † 1,916 (±2.4% / ±354)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

24.3 minutes ±4.8 (26,650  ±8,669) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Alleghany County: 25.3 146,365 (±1.3 / ±11,551)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

987 ±200 Number of households
  • Alleghany County: 6,292 ±239
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.3 ±0.6 (2,293  ±411) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alleghany County: 2.3 14,600 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

7.5% ±7% (35  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Alleghany County: 4.1% † 114 (±2.7% / ±75)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

1,329 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Alleghany County: 7,916 ±25
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$139,900 ±$15,837 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alleghany County: $122,300 ±$6,855
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

3.5% ±2.9% (82  ±68.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alleghany County: 5.7% † 854 (±1.7% / ±254.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

95% ±4% (1,641  ±282.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alleghany County: 90.1% 10,031 (±5% / ±567.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
15% ±4.7% (259  ±92.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alleghany County: 15.6% † 1,733 (±2.2% / ±246.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

1% ±1% (24  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 1.2% 180
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

4.3% ±2.3% (81  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Alleghany County: 8.1% † 990 (±1.2% / ±148)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
81 Total veterans ±45 81 Male ±45 N/A Female ±13

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