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 $47,278.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Covington is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Covington is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Covington who work in office and administrative support (15.51%), management occupations (10.72%), and sales jobs (9.53%). 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. 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. As is often the case in a small city, Covington doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.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 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.
