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Covington district, Alleghany County, VA

2,398 Population
70.8 square miles 33.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±6.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alleghany County: 48.3 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,192 ±$3,580 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alleghany County: $33,863 ±$2,957
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,536 ±$10,383 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alleghany County: $56,188 ±$4,205
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.9% ±5.3% (162  ±128) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alleghany County: 11.6% † 1,693 (±2.2% / ±325)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.4 minutes ±1.4 (21,065  ±5,647) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alleghany County: 22.9 128,990 (±1.8 / ±11,723)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

983 ±192 Number of households
  • Alleghany County: 6,383 ±220
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.6 (2,312  ±412) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Alleghany County: 2.3 14,517 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±5.3% (42  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alleghany County: 4.1% † 115 (±2.5% / ±71)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,269 ±212 Number of housing units
  • Alleghany County: 7,913 ±35
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$141,600 ±$20,703 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alleghany County: $125,800 ±$12,256
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.5% ±2.8% (83  ±68.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alleghany County: 6.3% † 926 (±1.7% / ±246)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±2.9% (1,645  ±274.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alleghany County: 89.6% 9,913 (±4.9% / ±554.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.1% ±4.7% (210  ±88.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alleghany County: 14.7% † 1,620 (±2.3% / ±256.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • 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

1.8% ±1.4% (44  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Alleghany County: 1% 145
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±2.2% (103  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alleghany County: 8.3% † 1,001 (±1.3% / ±156)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
103 Total veterans ±45 103 Male ±45 N/A Female ±13

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