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. Much of the housing stock in Covington was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Covington economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Covington, where the median household income is $47,797.00.

Of important note, Covington is also a city of artists. Covington has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Covington’s character.

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: 14.21% 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Covington, the average commute to work is 30.94 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, 23.86% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Covington in 2022 was $29,413, 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 $117,652 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, European, German, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Covington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.