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: 1016 people per square mile (very high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (26.3%), Manufacturing (15.9%), Retail trade (15.8%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 85%
- Government: 12%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 3%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 4,52679.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 75013.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 2053.6%Two or more races
- 1422.5%Hispanic or Latino
- 651.1%Asian alone
| Median resident age: | 42.2 years |
| Virginia median age: | 39.0 years |
| Males: 2,735 |  (47.5%) |
| Females: 3,026 |  (52.5%) |
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| Covington city: | 2.0 people |
| Virginia: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $45,015 ($30,325 in 1999)
| This county: | $45,015 |
| Virginia: | $85,873 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $520 (lower quartile is $423, upper quartile is $571)
| This county: | $520 |
| State: | $1270 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $86,205 (it was $50,700 in 2000)
| Covington city: | $86,205 |
| Virginia: | $365,700 |
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $895
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $395
Institutionalized population: 86
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $707 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $570 (0.9%)
| Covington city: | 17.9% |
| Virginia: | 10.6% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 42.2 years old
(Males: 39.9 years old, Females: 44.2 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 43.3 years old, Black residents: 44.2 years old, Asian residents: 26.2 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 30.9 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: | 4.0% |
| Virginia: | 2.7% |
Current college students: 164
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%
Number of foreign born residents: 52 (56.4% naturalized citizens)
| Covington city: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.7% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 212010 or later
- 152000 to 2009
- 31990 to 1999
- 261980 to 1989
- 141970 to 1979
- 18Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 95.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,632
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 135
- 3 or 4: 59
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 11
- 50 or more: 13
- Mobile homes: 172
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 45
Housing units in Covington city with a mortgage: 795 (47 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 36 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 73
| Here: | 91.6% with mortgage |
| State: | 97.2% 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: 2,491 (82.0%)
- Carpooled: 279 (9.2%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 10 (0.3%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0.3%)
- Walked: 25 (0.8%)
- Worked at home: 114 (3.8%)
- Health care and social assistance (39%)
- Retail trade (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Manufacturing (4%)
- Information (4%)
- Health care and social assistance (36%)
- Retail trade (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Manufacturing (4%)
- Information (4%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (16%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (15%)
- Production occupations (13%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
- Transportation occupations (8%)
- Management occupations (7%)
- Sales and related occupations (5%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (22%)
- Sales and related occupations (15%)
- Healthcare support occupations (13%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (9%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations (4%)
- Philippines (62%)
- Korea (23%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (12%)
- Denmark (0%)
- Ireland (0%)
- Norway (0%)
- Sweden (0%)
- American (28%)
- English (14%)
- Irish (10%)
- European (9%)
- German (5%)
- Scottish (2%)
- Polish (1%)
7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8.55% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($31,288 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 8.55% |
| Virginia average: | 10.16% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.68% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($28,318 average AGI)
0.86% relocated from other states ($2,965 average AGI)
Covington city: 0.86% Virginia average: 3.91%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
| from Alleghany County, VA |  4.66% ($33,435 average AGI) |
9.13% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($37,376 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 9.13% |
| Virginia average: | 10.20% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
7.46% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($32,174 average AGI)
1.67% relocated to other states ($5,202 average AGI)
Covington city: 1.67% Virginia average: 3.98%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
| to Alleghany County, VA | 4.55% ($40,962 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 2009: 13.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 16.9
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: 5,761- Male householders: 1,182 (356 living alone), Female householders: 1,390 (571 living alone)
1,146 spouses (1,128 opposite-sex spouses), 174 unmarried partners, (174 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 1,532 children (1,395 natural, 27 adopted, 110 stepchildren), 114 grandchildren, 57 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 0 foster children, 59 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 87
Size of family households: 775 2-persons, 404 3-persons, 161 4-persons, 188 5-persons, 17 6-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 929 1-person, 87 2-persons, 5 4-persons.
736 married couples with children.
480 single-parent households (222 men, 258 women).
97.1% of residents of Covington city speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 14% speak English not 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: | 5.8 |
| State: | 7.0 |
| Here: | 4.9 |
| State: | 4.3 |
- Year house built in Covington city, Virginia
- 02020 or later
- 82010 to 2019
- 792000 to 2009
- 1421990 to 1999
- 1701980 to 1989
- 2051970 to 1979
- 3921960 to 1969
- 5091950 to 1959
- 5771940 to 1949
- 9441939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Covington city, Virginia
- 01 room
- 412 rooms
- 633 rooms
- 3404 rooms
- 4275 rooms
- 3546 rooms
- 1677 rooms
- 2118 rooms
- 3569+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Covington city, Virginia
- 01 room
- 442 rooms
- 783 rooms
- 1234 rooms
- 1315 rooms
- 2056 rooms
- 267 rooms
- 38 rooms
- 69+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Covington city, Virginia
- 0no bedroom
- 511 bedroom
- 6322 bedrooms
- 8473 bedrooms
- 2794 bedrooms
- 1255+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Covington city, Virginia
- 0no bedroom
- 941 bedroom
- 2162 bedrooms
- 2603 bedrooms
- 504 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Covington city in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 175no vehicle
- 6391 vehicle
- 5612 vehicles
- 4183 vehicles
- 1314 vehicles
- 365+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Covington city in renter-occupied apartments
- 51no vehicle
- 2911 vehicle
- 2542 vehicles
- 283 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
96.3% of Covington city residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Virginia.
| Covington city: | 96.3% |
| State average: | 86.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4,567
- Other state: 1,063
- Northeast: 224
- Midwest: 104
- South: 640
- West: 92
- 48.3%Utility gas
- 46.5%Electricity
- 2.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.8%Other fuel
- 0.4%No fuel used
- 0.4%Wood
- 71.0%Electricity
- 23.4%Utility gas
- 3.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
Private vs. public school enrollment:
| Here: | 12.1% |
| Virginia: | 13.2% |
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Virginia: | 10.2% |
| Here: | 55.7% |
| Virginia: | 18.7% |
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"