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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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.65% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

One downside of living in Covington is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Covington, the average commute to work is 32.44 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Covington is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The citizens of Covington are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.42% of adults in Covington having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Covington in 2022 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.