Covington city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in 2005: 6,205 (all urban)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 1,980
Renter-occupied apartments: 855

% of renters here:	30%
State:	32%

Land area: 6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 1094 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	12.9%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	5.9%
Whole state:	4.3%

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (25.1%), Retail trade (17.7%), Educational,health and social services (12.5%), Construction (10.0%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 81%
Government: 14%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Covington city, Virginia business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Covington city, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (83.6%)
Black (13.1%)
Two or more races (1.6%)
American Indian (0.8%)
Hispanic (0.6%)

Median resident age:	40.5 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 3,013	(47.8%)
Females: 3,290	(52.2%)

Total labor force in 2004: 2,810
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.6%

Average household size:

Covington city:	2.2 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,239 ($30,325 in 2000)

This county	$35,239
Virginia:	$54,240

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $93,819

Covington city	$93,819
Virginia:	$212,300

Median monthly rent in 2000: $404
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Covington city in 2000: $629

Covington city races chart

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2004: 3 buildings, average cost: $63,300
2005: 6 buildings, average cost: $67,900
2006: 3 buildings, average cost: $126,700

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $371 (0.7%)

Area name: Alleghany County-Clifton Forge city-Covington city, VA HUD Nonmetro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Covington city is $402 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $587 a month.

Cities in this county include: Covington.

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	5.0%
Virginia:	2.8%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 164
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 71.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 6.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 148 (30% naturalized citizens)

Covington city:	2.3%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 81
1990 to 1994: 9
1985 to 1989: 9
1980 to 1984: 17
1975 to 1979: 0
1970 to 1974: 14
1970 to 1974: 0
1965 to 1969: 18

Mean travel time to work: 19.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 22.8%

Covington city marital status for males

Covington city marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,643
One, attached: 66
Two: 144
3 or 4: 97
5 to 9: 29
10 to 19: 17
20 or more: 43
Mobile homes: 156

Housing units in Covington city with a mortgage: 846 (41 second mortgage, 75 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 881

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Paper (20%)
Construction (17%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Food and beverage stores (3%)
Public administration (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Accommodation and food services (10%)
Health care (10%)
Educational services (8%)
Public administration (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Social assistance (6%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Cashiers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Child care workers (4%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Jamaica (34%)
Bolivia (14%)
Vietnam (11%)
El Salvador (9%)
Other Northern Africa (8%)
Peru (6%)
Korea (5%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Covington city:

United States or American (30%)
German (11%)
Irish (9%)
English (8%)
Scotch-Irish (4%)
Italian (3%)
Jamaican (1%)

Covington city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,011 (76%)
Carpooled: 386 (15%)
Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
Taxi: 5 (0%)
Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
Bicycle: 8 (0%)
Walked: 84 (3%)
Other means: 29 (1%)
Worked at home: 107 (4%)

7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $37,915.

5.27% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,016 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.27%
Virginia average:	11.06%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.72% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($18,124 average AGI)
1.55% relocated from other states ($8,899 average AGI)
Covington city: 1.55%
Virginia average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Alleghany County, VA

1.76% ($23,512 average AGI)

6.41% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,635 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.41%
Virginia average:	10.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.28% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($20,497 average AGI)
2.14% relocated to other states ($10,138 average AGI)
Covington city: 2.14%
Virginia average: 4.13%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Alleghany County, VA	1.86% ($19,043 average AGI)
to Roanoke city, VA	0.52% ($21,308)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.6

Births per 1000 population in Covington city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.5

Deaths per 1000 population in Covington city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 11.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Covington city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,057 (2,461 aged, 596 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship

Households: 6,292

In family households: 5,052 (1,281 male householders, 487 female householders)
1,357 spouses, 1,521 children (1,418 natural, 56 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 154 grandchildren, 51 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 50 other relatives, 120 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,240 (428 male householders (353 living alone)), 639 female householders (609 living alone)), 173 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 11 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 882 2-persons, 436 3-persons, 289 4-persons, 116 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 962 1-person, 77 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 8 6-persons.

97.0% of residents of Covington city speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (24% speak English well, 76% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $77,442,000 ($12379 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,467,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $44,159,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $21,019,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $5,000
Federal grants: $7,158,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,109,000 ($301,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,992,000 ($684,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $12,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $848,000
Federal Government insurance: $8,497,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 378

Here:	61 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 446

Here:	72 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +76

Here:	+12 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -96

Here:	-15 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Covington city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.38 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.8
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.7
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 0
1995 to 1998: 86
1990 to 1994: 83
1980 to 1989: 113
1970 to 1979: 253
1960 to 1969: 418
1950 to 1959: 632
1940 to 1949: 515
1939 or earlier: 1,095

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Covington city, Virginia:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 11
3 rooms: 12
4 rooms: 206
5 rooms: 610
6 rooms: 513
7 rooms: 304
8 rooms: 201
9 or more rooms: 123

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Covington city, Virginia:

1 room: 6
2 rooms: 16
3 rooms: 78
4 rooms: 288
5 rooms: 229
6 rooms: 147
7 rooms: 45
8 rooms: 21
9 or more rooms: 25

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Covington city:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 47
2 bedrooms: 640
3 bedrooms: 962
4 bedrooms: 266
5 or more bedrooms: 65

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Covington city:

no bedroom: 6
1 bedroom: 167
2 bedrooms: 418
3 bedrooms: 198
4 bedrooms: 57
5 or more bedrooms: 9

Cars and other vehicles available in Covington city in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 222
1 vehicle: 647
2 vehicles: 757
3 vehicles: 257
4 vehicles: 63
5 or more vehicles: 34

Cars and other vehicles available in Covington city in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 229
1 vehicle: 375
2 vehicles: 171
3 vehicles: 67
4 vehicles: 13
5 or more vehicles: 0

63% of Covington city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 12% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Virginia.

Covington city:	63.3%
State average:	53.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 4947
Northeast: 184
Midwest: 123
South: 805
West: 85

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (76%)
Electricity (13%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
Wood (3%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (81%)
Electricity (12%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
Coal or coke (1%)
Other fuel (1%)
Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5

Here:	3.5%
Virginia:	20.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

1999: 274
2000: 283
2001: 307
2002: 313
2003: 322
2004: 374

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

1999: 38
2000: 39
2001: 38
2002: 34
2003: 33
2004: 34

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

1999: 236
2000: 244
2001: 269
2002: 279
2003: 289
2004: 340

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

1999: 40
2000: 43
2001: 42
2002: 41
2003: 39
2004: 48

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

1999: 166
2000: 170
2001: 191
2002: 203
2003: 218
2004: 261

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

1999: 68
2000: 70
2001: 74
2002: 69
2003: 65
2004: 65

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

1999: 119
2000: 126
2001: 132
2002: 136
2003: 130
2004: 161

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

1999: 102
2000: 96
2001: 113
2002: 127
2003: 130
2004: 153

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