Covington vs Porterdale

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

Covington and Porterdale 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 1,291 in Porterdale). Covington has the higher median household income ($47,797 vs $41,635 in Porterdale). Covington has the higher median home value ($242,700 vs $164,100 in Porterdale).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Porterdale
Population	14,334	1,291
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,797	$41,635
Median home value	$242,700	$164,100
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,106
Housing units	5,967	572
Homeownership rate	46.2%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Porterdale
Population	13,967 → 14,334 (+2.6%)	1,748 → 1,291 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$39,845 → $47,797 (+20.0%)	$27,464 → $41,635 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $242,700 (+41.4%)	$73,800 → $164,100 (+122.4%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,162 (+33.0%)	$817 → $1,106 (+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

Porterdale

Population

1,7481,291

Median household income

$27,464$41,635

Median home value

$73,800$164,100

Median gross rent

$817$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Porterdale
Under 5	5.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	24.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	23.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.5%
75 and over	7.0%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Porterdale
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	60.4%
Black or African American	51.9%	29.4%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Porterdale
No high school diploma	14.9%	30.7%
High school graduate	25.9%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Porterdale
Drove alone	74.4%	68.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	7.1%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Porterdale
1-unit, detached	71.2%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	7.9%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Porterdale
Poverty rate	24.0%	28.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1987	1938