Covington is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 14,677 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 $47,797.00.

Of important note, Covington is also a city of artists. Covington has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Covington’s character.

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: 14.21% 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.

In Covington, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.94 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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 23.86% of adults in Covington having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Covington in 2022 was $29,413, 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 $117,652 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, European, German, and Italian.

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