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 $47,797.00.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 professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Covington who work in office and administrative support (15.50%), sales jobs (9.12%), and teaching (8.85%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.21% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 30.94 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Covington does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Covington are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.86% of adults in Covington having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
