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Fort Covington, NY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fort Covington, New York (Fort Covington, NY — Census place “Fort Covington CDP”) is 1,053 residents, ranking #843 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $54,545, the median home is worth $113,000 and median gross rent runs $820 a month. Looking for the Fort Covington New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fort Covington, NY: 12937.

Population
1,053Fort Covington CDP residents
Median household income
$54,545Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$113,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$820Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
40.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
82.4%Owner-occupied households

Fort Covington ZIP codes (New York)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fort Covington.

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

What the numbers mean in Fort Covington CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fort Covington CDP median would spend about 18% 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 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.2% of residents and 82.4% of households own their home.

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

Fort Covington CDP, NY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fort Covington CDP is a small town in New York, with 1,053 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #843 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 34% of them. The median age here is 40.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Fort Covington CDP earn a median of $54,545 a year, 30.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 41% below the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 15.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fort Covington CDP is valued at $113,000, 62.8% below the national figure and 64% below the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $820 a month, 41.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,840 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 82.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Fort Covington CDP?
Fort Covington CDP has 1,053 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #843 of 1,292 in New York.
What is the median household income in Fort Covington CDP?
Median household income in Fort Covington CDP is $54,545 a year, 30.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fort Covington CDP?
Median gross rent is $820 a month and the median home value is $113,000, so rent absorbs about 18% of median household income.
Is Fort Covington CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fort Covington CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fort Covington CDP data?
All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.