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. Covington has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Covington, where 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. One downside of living in Covington, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.44 minutes every day commuting to work. 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 education level of Covington citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.42% of adults in Covington 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.
