Covert is a very small township located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,502 people and just one neighborhood, Covert is the 311th largest community in Michigan.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Covert is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.27% of the Covert workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Covert is a township of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Covert who work in maintenance occupations (10.75%), business and financial occupations (7.24%), and office and administrative support (6.07%).
Another notable thing is that Covert is a major vacation destination. Much of the township’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Covert’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
Residents will find that the township is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Covert is worth considering.
Being a small township, Covert does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Covert is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.53% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Covert in 2022 was $20,378, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,512 for a family of four. However, Covert contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Covert is an extremely ethnically-diverse township. The people who call Covert home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Covert residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Covert also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.56% of the township’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Covert include Irish, English, German, Italian, and European.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Covert's cultural character, accounting for 17.87% of the township’s population.
The most common language spoken in Covert is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 5.1% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 97.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 35.9% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (22.9%) than in 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Covert are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 32.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.6%), and 10.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 64.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (33.6%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Covert, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (25.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.8%), and residents who report English roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.8%), among others. In addition, 17.9% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (71.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (22.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.