Covington vs Mansfield

A side-by-side comparison of Covington and Mansfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Covington and Mansfield are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Covington has the higher population (14,334 vs 381 in Mansfield). Mansfield has the higher median household income ($64,500 vs $47,797 in Covington). Covington has the higher median home value ($242,700 vs $194,800 in Mansfield).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Mansfield
Population	14,334	381
Median age	36.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,797	$64,500
Median home value	$242,700	$194,800
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,734
Housing units	5,967	171
Homeownership rate	46.2%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Mansfield
Population	13,967 → 14,334 (+2.6%)	454 → 381 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$39,845 → $47,797 (+20.0%)	$36,818 → $64,500 (+75.2%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $242,700 (+41.4%)	$120,000 → $194,800 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,162 (+33.0%)	$831 → $1,734 (+108.7%)

Covington

Population

13,96714,334

Median household income

$39,845$47,797

Median home value

$171,600$242,700

Median gross rent

$874$1,162

Mansfield

Population

454381

Median household income

$36,818$64,500

Median home value

$120,000$194,800

Median gross rent

$831$1,734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Mansfield
Under 5	5.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	3.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	18.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	17.3%
75 and over	7.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Mansfield
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	85.0%
Black or African American	51.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Mansfield
No high school diploma	14.9%	18.8%
High school graduate	25.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Mansfield
Drove alone	74.4%	82.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	7.2%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Mansfield
1-unit, detached	71.2%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Mansfield
Poverty rate	24.0%	11.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	37	34
Median year structure built	1987	1938