What is the population of Covington city?

Covington city has 14,334 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #92 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Covington city?

Median household income in Covington city is $47,797 a year, 39.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Covington city?

Median gross rent is $1,162 a month and the median home value is $242,700, so rent absorbs about 29.2% of median household income.

Is Covington city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Covington city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 29.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Covington, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Covington, Georgia (Covington, GA — Census place “Covington city”) is 14,334 residents, ranking #92 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $47,797, the median home is worth $242,700 and median gross rent runs $1,162 a month. Looking for the Covington Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Covington, GA: 30014.

Population: 14,334Covington city residents
Median household income: $47,797Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $242,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,162Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 46.2%Owner-occupied households

Covington ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Covington.

The Covington GA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

30014

What the numbers mean in Covington city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Covington city median would spend about 29.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24% of residents and 46.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Covington city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Covington city is a mid-size town in Georgia, with 14,334 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #92 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 36.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Covington city earn a median of $47,797 a year, 39.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 24% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Covington city is valued at $242,700, 20% below the national figure and 27% above the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,162 a month, 17.4% below the national figure, or roughly $13,944 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 29.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 46.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Covington city?: Covington city has 14,334 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #92 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Covington city?: Median household income in Covington city is $47,797 a year, 39.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Covington city?: Median gross rent is $1,162 a month and the median home value is $242,700, so rent absorbs about 29.2% of median household income.
Is Covington city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Covington city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 29.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Covington city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.