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Covington, GA
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Covington profile


Living in Covington



Covington is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 14,381 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Covington is the 83rd largest community in Georgia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Covington, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Covington, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Covington’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Covington does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $47,278.00.

Also of interest is that Covington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.65% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Covington, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.44 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

The population of Covington overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Covington, 24.42% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Covington in 2018 was $27,797, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,188 for a family of four. However, Covington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Covington is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Covington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Covington residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Covington include English, Irish, German, European, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Covington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.