About Covedale

Covedale is a somewhat small town located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 6,341 people and just one neighborhood, Covedale is the 272nd largest community in Ohio.

Unlike some towns , Covedale isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Covedale are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Covedale is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Covedale who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.16%), management occupations (11.81%), and sales jobs (10.67%).

In addition, Covedale is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Covedale is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Covedale really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Covedale perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Covedale is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Covedale, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.05% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Covedale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Covedale Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Covedale is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.56% of adults in Covedale have a college degree.

The per capita income in Covedale in 2000 was $28,845, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,380 for a family of four. However, Covedale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Covedale home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Covedale is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Covedale include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Covedale is English.