Covington city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in July 2007: 6,168 (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: 1088 people per square mile

(very high).

2008 cost of living index in Covington city: 79.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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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 data: 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%)

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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 2007: $38,696 ($30,325 in 1999)

This county:	$38,696
Virginia:	$59,562

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $397 (lower quartile is $309, upper quartile is $492)

This county:	$397
State:	$753

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $119,155 (it was $50,700 in 2000)

Covington city:	$119,155
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $75,380 - $166,840

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $136,694
Here: $136,694
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $81,816
Here: $81,816
State: $371,438

In 2-unit structures: $59,678
Here: $59,678
State: $295,743

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $198,958
Here: $198,958
State: $316,638

Mobile homes: $15,213
Here: $15,213
State: $37,843

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,453
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $200

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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%)

Covington city household income distribution in 2007

Covington city contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	12.9%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	5.9%
Whole state:	4.3%

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 May 2009:

Here:	11.4%
Virginia:	7.0%

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 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

Here:	49.0% with mortgage
State:	75.1% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 4,897
Total congregations: 25

Adherents

Name	United Methodist Church	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Association Reformed Presbyterian Church	International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Adherents	2,134 (43.6%)	679 (13.9%)	479 (9.8%)	332 (6.8%)	237 (4.8%)
Congregations	5 (20.0%)	3 (12.0%)	2 (8.0%)	1 (4.0%)	1 (4.0%)

Name	Catholic Church	Church of God of Prophecy	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Southern Baptist Convention	Other
Adherents	233 (4.8%)	196 (4.0%)	179 (3.7%)	178 (3.6%)	250 (5.1%)
Congregations	1 (4.0%)	4 (16.0%)	1 (4.0%)	1 (4.0%)	6 (24.0%)

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Religions in Covington city - Covington

Covington city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Virginia state average. It is 95% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/22/1991 at 01:01:20, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, Depth: 9.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 16.0 miles away from Covington city center
On 10/21/1998 at 05:56:47, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.3 LG, Depth: 8.3 mi) earthquake occurred 93.2 miles away from the county center
On 9/22/2001 at 16:01:20, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, 2.5 LG, Depth: 1.2 mi) earthquake occurred 88.5 miles away from the county center
On 6/28/1991 at 18:34:51, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 97.6 miles away from Covington city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

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%)

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

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%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 467.370
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1659.950
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 16.12

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 43.75
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 112.810

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 16.12

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+ 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+ 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+ 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+ 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+ 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+ 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 (76.1%) Electricity (12.9%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7.4%) Wood (2.7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (0.7%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (81.2%) Electricity (12.0%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2.7%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1.8%) Coal or coke (0.8%) Other fuel (0.8%) Wood (0.7%)

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 (Noninst.)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

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

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

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

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

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

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

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