Covington vs Hillsboro

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

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

Covington has the higher population (3,112 vs 643 in Hillsboro). Hillsboro has the higher median household income ($67,750 vs $54,962 in Covington). Covington has the higher median home value ($162,100 vs $93,100 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Hillsboro
Population	3,112	643
Median age	42.5 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,962	$67,750
Median home value	$162,100	$93,100
Median gross rent	$841	$1,038
Housing units	1,442	247
Homeownership rate	65.1%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Hillsboro
Population	2,439 → 3,112 (+27.6%)	527 → 643 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$51,607 → $54,962 (+6.5%)	$50,625 → $67,750 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$99,200 → $162,100 (+63.4%)	$75,000 → $93,100 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $841 (+27.4%)	$896 → $1,038 (+15.8%)

Covington

Population

2,4393,112

Median household income

$51,607$54,962

Median home value

$99,200$162,100

Median gross rent

$660$841

Hillsboro

Population

527643

Median household income

$50,625$67,750

Median home value

$75,000$93,100

Median gross rent

$896$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Hillsboro
Under 5	6.4%	8.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	17.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.2%
75 and over	12.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	96.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	5.2%	14.4%
High school graduate	35.5%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Hillsboro
Drove alone	67.7%	77.6%
Carpooled	16.0%	10.8%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	77.3%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	14.5%	11.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	16	32
Median year structure built	1957	1938