Covington is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 14,381 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.65% 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 32.44 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 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.
