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Covington, VA Urban Area

7,758 Population
7.3 square miles 1,058.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,521 ±$2,053 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$47,336 ±$5,219 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

18.3% ±4.7% (1,404  ±370) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.4 minutes ±3.3 (54,230  ±11,475) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,357 ±228 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.2 (7,661  ±392) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.5% ±4% (90  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

4,015 ±183 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$97,000 ±$11,256 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

4.3% ±1.9% (335  ±147.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.8% ±5.5% (4,828  ±413.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
12.4% ±3% (667  ±167.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.9% ±1% (225  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.6% ±1.6% (408  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
408 Total veterans ±103 408 Male ±103 N/A Female ±19

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