One of the benefits of Covington is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.64 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Covington does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Covington with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.40% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Covington in 2022 was $24,657, which is low income relative to Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,628 for a family of four. However, Covington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Covington is a somewhat 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Covington include English, Irish, German, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Covington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
