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Covington, WA

20,957 Population
5.9 square miles 3,533 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,508 ±$4,660 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $61,286 ±$389
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$126,730 ±$6,234 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $112,594 ±$909
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

4.7% ±1.8% (979  ±377) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 8.4% 332,072 (±0.2% / ±8,221)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

33.7 minutes ±3.6 (305,915  ±22,742) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 29.6 48,532,780 (±0.1 / ±305,413)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

7,324 ±286 Number of households
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,586,350 ±3,413
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.9 ±0.1 (20,919  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 2.5 3,948,877 (±0 / ±709)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

7.9% ±3.3% (401  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 5.1% 50,647 (±0.2% / ±1,950)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

7,499 ±298 Number of housing units
  • the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 1,681,971 ±386
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$590,100 ±$23,304 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: $673,500 ±$2,926
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

13.7% ±3.7% (2,845  ±762.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 16% 636,506 (±0.3% / ±10,390.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

94.1% ±6.4% (13,338  ±987.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 93.4% 2,660,423 (±0.4% / ±12,064.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
35.9% ±3.6% (5,085  ±533.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 46.3% 1,319,923 (±0.3% / ±8,092.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

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

17.6% ±2.7% (3,687  ±574) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 20.4% 820,232
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

6.9% ±2.1% (1,089  ±335) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area: 6.7% 211,008 (±0.1% / ±3,479)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
1,089 Total veterans ±335 1,048 Male ±328 41 Female ±39

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