Covington is a medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 40,956 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Covington is the fourth largest community in Kentucky. Covington has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Covington telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.44% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Covington has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, Covington has quite a high level of public transit users. Covington’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.

In terms of college education, Covington is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.40% of adults in Covington have a college degree.

The per capita income in Covington in 2018 was $33,868, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,472 for a family of four. However, Covington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Covington is a very 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Covington include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.

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