Moving to Covington Washington (Seattle, Kent: for sale, houses, school district)

[doherty77]

Hello, Me and my family are moving to Covington in November. Does anyone know if there are houses for sale around the 200K mark. Is there a city near that offers those prices, or is that number unrealistic? Also are the schools good in Covington? How bad is the overcast there? is it as depressing as alot of people say. Thank you

[Ira500]

I don't think you'll find a house in Covington for 200,000 dollars...Some of Covington is in the Kent School District and some of Covington is in the Tahoma ( Maple Valley)School District, which is considered the better of the two.
Home prices are much lower in nearby Kent than in Covington, and maybe a little lower in Maple Valley...Kent isn't the nicest place in the world, but there are nice parts, and some good schools. The downtown area has seen some revitalization, there are some good restaurants and the Sounder Train to downtown Seattle stops in Kent.

But you may find responses to this from people who will tell you how bad and dangerous Kent is...These will be from people who either have never been to Kent or haven't been there in years or people who simply look at school test scores. I'm not telling you Kent is wonderful, but it's mostly a very safe place with a few exceptions, and it's pretty varied, ranging from poor to upper middle class.