Covington city, Virginia (VA)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 868
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 1,980
Renter-occupied apartments: 814 (it was 855 in 2000)
| % of renters here: | 30% |
| State: | 33% |
Land area: 6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 996 people per square mile (very high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (19.3%), Manufacturing (18.1%), Retail trade (17.8%), Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services (11.5%), Public administration (10.0%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 79%
- Government: 17%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 4,52180.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 71512.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1552.8%Two or more races
- 1392.5%Hispanic or Latino
- 671.2%Asian alone
- 90.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
| Median resident age: | 42.7 years |
| Virginia median age: | 38.5 years |
| Males: 2,707 |  (47.9%) |
| Females: 2,944 |  (52.1%) |
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| Covington city: | 2.0 people |
| Virginia: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2019: $41,878 ($30,325 in 1999)
| This county: | $41,878 |
| Virginia: | $76,456 |
Median contract rent in 2019 for apartments: $436 (lower quartile is $343, upper quartile is $509)
| This county: | $436 |
| State: | $1091 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $77,091 (it was $50,700 in 2000)
| Covington city: | $77,091 |
| Virginia: | $288,800 |
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $816
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $319
Institutionalized population: 86
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $506 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $510 (0.7%)
| Covington city: | 12.4% |
| Virginia: | 9.9% |
Median age of residents in 2019: 42.7 years old
(Males: 42.2 years old, Females: 44.3 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.6 years old, Black residents: 35.9 years old, American Indian residents: 111.0 years old, Asian residents: 64.7 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 39.6 years old, Other race residents: 59.6 years old)
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.
Neighboring counties: Henrico County 
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| Here: | 6.5% |
| Virginia: | 4.6% |
Current college students: 164
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 15.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 193 (79.5% naturalized citizens)
| Covington city: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.7% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 812010 or later
- 692000 to 2009
- 01990 to 1999
- 261980 to 1989
- 141970 to 1979
- 18Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 22.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,546
- One, attached: 62
- Two: 147
- 3 or 4: 42
- 5 to 9: 34
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 177
Housing units in Covington city with a mortgage: 897 (21 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 911
| Here: | 49.6% with mortgage |
| State: | 67.7% with mortgage |
Food Environment Statistics:
| Covington city: | 1.62 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| This county: | 4.86 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. |
| Covington city: | 9.73 / 10,000 pop. |
| Virginia: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
| This county: | 14.59 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
| Covington city: | 10.8% |
| Virginia: | 9.3% |
| Covington city: | 27.6% |
| State: | 26.7% |
| Here: | 20.6% |
| State: | 18.6% |
Earthquake activity:
Covington city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 32% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 112.4 miles away from Covington city center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 109.2 miles away from the county center
On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK) earthquake occurred 217.5 miles away from the county center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:18, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 103.3 miles away from the county center
On 8/25/2011 at 05:07:52, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 ML, Depth: 4.2 mi) earthquake occurred 110.9 miles away from Covington city center
On 12/9/2003 at 20:59:14, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 115.0 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,135 (85.3%)
- Carpooled: 171 (6.8%)
- Bus: 46 (1.8%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 48 (1.9%)
- Walked: 42 (1.7%)
- Worked at home: 60 (2.4%)
- Health care and social assistance (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Retail trade (17%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Manufacturing (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Other services, except public administration (5%)
- Health care and social assistance (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Retail trade (17%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Manufacturing (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Other services, except public administration (5%)
- Material moving occupations (13%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (12%)
- Production occupations (11%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Transportation occupations (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Firefighting and prevention, and other protective service workers including supervisors (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (18%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (15%)
- Sales and related occupations (13%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (8%)
- Healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (6%)
- Jamaica (68%)
- Philippines (14%)
- Hong Kong (13%)
- Bahamas (4%)
- Ireland (3%)
- Sweden (0%)
- United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland (0%)
- American (21%)
- European (12%)
- English (10%)
- German (7%)
- Irish (4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1%)
- Jamaican (1%)
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
86 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
7.58% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($26,961 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 7.58% |
| Virginia average: | 9.50% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.26% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($23,156 average AGI)
1.31% relocated from other states ($3,804 average AGI)
Covington city: 1.31% Virginia average: 3.61%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
| from Alleghany County, VA |  4.23% ($29,240 average AGI) |
8.20% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($35,677 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 8.20% |
| Virginia average: | 9.76% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.02% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($31,949 average AGI)
1.18% relocated to other states ($3,733 average AGI)
Covington city: 1.18% Virginia average: 3.89%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
| to Alleghany County, VA | 4.62% ($41,473 average AGI) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 15.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.9
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 3.7%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 1,602 (1,236 aged, 366 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 84 (6%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Covington city, Virginia in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (38)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (26)
- Cardiac arrest, unspecified (11)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (11)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (10)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,660
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 16
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 44
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 113
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 16
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,651- Male householders: 1,194 (383 living alone), Female householders: 1,219 (460 living alone)
1,114 spouses (1,114 opposite-sex spouses), 165 unmarried partners, (165 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 1,424 children (1,340 natural, 14 adopted, 67 stepchildren), 110 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 83 parents, 0 foster children, 176 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 100
Size of family households: 640 2-persons, 266 3-persons, 379 4-persons, 160 5-persons, 18 6-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 842 1-person, 88 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 5 4-persons.
682 married couples with children.
344 single-parent households (100 men, 244 women).
97.5% of residents of Covington city speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $77,442,000 ($12,379 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 |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.38 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
| Here: | 6.0 |
| State: | 7.0 |
| Here: | 5.5 |
| State: | 4.4 |
- Year house built in Covington city, Virginia
- 02014 or later
- 02010 to 2013
- 972000 to 2009
- 851990 to 1999
- 1451980 to 1989
- 1471970 to 1979
- 3451960 to 1969
- 6101950 to 1959
- 6821940 to 1949
- 8551939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Covington city, Virginia
- 01 room
- 02 rooms
- 633 rooms
- 1654 rooms
- 5015 rooms
- 2976 rooms
- 2667 rooms
- 2088 rooms
- 2909+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Covington city, Virginia
- 281 room
- 02 rooms
- 383 rooms
- 1254 rooms
- 1215 rooms
- 1726 rooms
- 787 rooms
- 348 rooms
- 149+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Covington city, Virginia
- 0no bedroom
- 301 bedroom
- 5002 bedrooms
- 8043 bedrooms
- 3454 bedrooms
- 1025+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Covington city, Virginia
- 26no bedroom
- 371 bedroom
- 3012 bedrooms
- 1303 bedrooms
- 1084 bedrooms
- 145+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Covington city in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 120no vehicle
- 6031 vehicle
- 5732 vehicles
- 3513 vehicles
- 1214 vehicles
- 145+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Covington city in renter-occupied apartments
- 93no vehicle
- 2221 vehicle
- 2812 vehicles
- 73 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 135+ vehicles
90.9% of Covington city residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 11% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Virginia.
| Covington city: | 90.9% |
| State average: | 84.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4,089
- Other state: 1,310
- Northeast: 239
- Midwest: 81
- South: 800
- West: 182
- 53.0%Utility gas
- 38.7%Electricity
- 4.8%Wood
- 2.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.4%No fuel used
- 47.5%Utility gas
- 44.8%Electricity
- 5.1%Wood
- 1.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Virginia: | 10.4% |
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Virginia: | 10.4% |
| Here: | 32.4% |
| Virginia: | 20.4% |
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2004:
- Total number of recipients: 374
- Number of aged recipients: 34
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 340
- Number of recipients under 18: 48
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 261
- Number of recipients older than 64: 65
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 161
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 153
| Most common first names in Covington city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| James | 176 | 72.1 years |
| William | 171 | 72.2 years |
| Mary | 164 | 78.3 years |
| John | 157 | 73.9 years |
| Robert | 137 | 71.3 years |
| Charles | 124 | 69.3 years |
| George | 77 | 73.7 years |
| Virginia | 65 | 78.9 years |
| Harry | 61 | 72.9 years |
| Helen | 60 | 78.4 years |
| Most common last names in Covington city, VA among deceased individuals | ||
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|---|---|
| Smith | 108 | 76.4 years |
| Tucker | 77 | 72.5 years |
| Persinger | 68 | 74.4 years |
| Wolfe | 63 | 70.8 years |
| Jones | 52 | 73.3 years |
| Brown | 51 | 72.1 years |
| Humphries | 50 | 73.8 years |
| Miller | 47 | 73.2 years |
| Dressler | 46 | 70.6 years |
| Martin | 43 | 74.8 years |
Covington city on our top lists:
- #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
