Covelo vs Talmage

A side-by-side comparison of Covelo and Talmage: population, income, housing, and more.

Covelo and Talmage are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Covelo has the higher population (1,495 vs 886 in Talmage). Talmage has the higher median household income ($48,939 vs $35,735 in Covelo). Talmage has the higher median home value ($477,600 vs $322,600 in Covelo).

Population, income & housing

	Covelo	Talmage
Population	1,495	886
Median age	32.7 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,735	$48,939
Median home value	$322,600	$477,600
Median gross rent	$1,110	$1,281
Housing units	620	437
Homeownership rate	59.1%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	26.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covelo	Talmage
Population	1,140 → 1,495 (+31.1%)	1,003 → 886 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $35,735 (-3.8%)	$29,438 → $48,939 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$238,300 → $322,600 (+35.4%)	$391,200 → $477,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,171 → $1,110 (-5.2%)	$1,107 → $1,281 (+15.7%)

Covelo

Population

1,1401,495

Median household income

$37,143$35,735

Median home value

$238,300$322,600

Median gross rent

$1,171$1,110

Talmage

Population

1,003886

Median household income

$29,438$48,939

Median home value

$391,200$477,600

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,281

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covelo	Talmage
Under 5	13.1%	11.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	5.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	25.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	16.8%	2.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	5.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	18.2%
75 and over	7.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covelo	Talmage
White (non-Hispanic)	32.4%	53.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	16.5%	3.7%
Asian	0.5%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	39.2%	27.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covelo	Talmage
No high school diploma	24.6%	18.7%
High school graduate	24.2%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covelo	Talmage
Drove alone	61.4%	64.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.3%	14.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covelo	Talmage
1-unit, detached	76.8%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Covelo	Talmage
Poverty rate	46.0%	25.6%
Average household size	3.02	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1977	1957