Covington vs Oxford

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

Covington and Oxford 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 1,945 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median household income ($58,594 vs $47,797 in Covington). Covington has the higher median home value ($242,700 vs $190,600 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Oxford
Population	14,334	1,945
Median age	36.6 yrs	22.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,797	$58,594
Median home value	$242,700	$190,600
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,378
Housing units	5,967	746
Homeownership rate	46.2%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Oxford
Population	13,967 → 14,334 (+2.6%)	2,347 → 1,945 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$39,845 → $47,797 (+20.0%)	$47,500 → $58,594 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $242,700 (+41.4%)	$95,100 → $190,600 (+100.4%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,162 (+33.0%)	$1,018 → $1,378 (+35.4%)

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

Oxford

Population

2,3471,945

Median household income

$47,500$58,594

Median home value

$95,100$190,600

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,378

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Oxford
Under 5	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	34.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	5.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.9%
75 and over	7.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	51.9%
Black or African American	51.9%	23.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Oxford
No high school diploma	14.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	25.9%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Oxford
Drove alone	74.4%	64.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	18.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.2%	8.4%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Oxford
1-unit, detached	71.2%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Oxford
Poverty rate	24.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1987	1969