Covington vs Newborn

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

Covington and Newborn 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 672 in Newborn). Newborn has the higher median household income ($59,083 vs $47,797 in Covington). Covington has the higher median home value ($242,700 vs $170,800 in Newborn).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Newborn
Population	14,334	672
Median age	36.6 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,797	$59,083
Median home value	$242,700	$170,800
Median gross rent	$1,162	$988
Housing units	5,967	297
Homeownership rate	46.2%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	16.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Newborn
Population	13,967 → 14,334 (+2.6%)	724 → 672 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$39,845 → $47,797 (+20.0%)	$59,375 → $59,083 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $242,700 (+41.4%)	$107,300 → $170,800 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,162 (+33.0%)	$792 → $988 (+24.7%)

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

Newborn

Population

724672

Median household income

$59,375$59,083

Median home value

$107,300$170,800

Median gross rent

$792$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Newborn
Under 5	5.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	12.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	18.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.4%
75 and over	7.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Newborn
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	74.1%
Black or African American	51.9%	17.7%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Newborn
No high school diploma	14.9%	9.9%
High school graduate	25.9%	49.1%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Newborn
Drove alone	74.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	11.5%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Newborn
1-unit, detached	71.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Newborn
Poverty rate	24.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1987	1987