Covington vs Veedersburg

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

Covington and Veedersburg 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 2,066 in Veedersburg). Veedersburg has the higher median household income ($59,125 vs $54,962 in Covington). Covington has the higher median home value ($162,100 vs $100,600 in Veedersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Veedersburg
Population	3,112	2,066
Median age	42.5 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,962	$59,125
Median home value	$162,100	$100,600
Median gross rent	$841	$784
Housing units	1,442	1,011
Homeownership rate	65.1%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Veedersburg
Population	2,439 → 3,112 (+27.6%)	2,091 → 2,066 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$51,607 → $54,962 (+6.5%)	$45,250 → $59,125 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$99,200 → $162,100 (+63.4%)	$75,000 → $100,600 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $841 (+27.4%)	$657 → $784 (+19.3%)

Covington

Population

2,4393,112

Median household income

$51,607$54,962

Median home value

$99,200$162,100

Median gross rent

$660$841

Veedersburg

Population

2,0912,066

Median household income

$45,250$59,125

Median home value

$75,000$100,600

Median gross rent

$657$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Veedersburg
Under 5	6.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	14.0%
75 and over	12.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Veedersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	94.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Veedersburg
No high school diploma	5.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Veedersburg
Drove alone	67.7%	86.0%
Carpooled	16.0%	3.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Veedersburg
1-unit, detached	77.3%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Veedersburg
Poverty rate	14.5%	11.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1957	1950