Covington vs Edgewood

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

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

Covington has the higher population (40,902 vs 8,429 in Edgewood). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($121,045 vs $58,814 in Covington). Edgewood has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $167,900 in Covington).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Edgewood
Population	40,902	8,429
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,814	$121,045
Median home value	$167,900	$289,700
Median gross rent	$949	$991
Housing units	20,946	3,412
Homeownership rate	51.5%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Edgewood
Population	40,548 → 40,902 (+0.9%)	8,745 → 8,429 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$43,437 → $58,814 (+35.4%)	$104,912 → $121,045 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$111,500 → $167,900 (+50.6%)	$225,600 → $289,700 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $949 (+32.9%)	$1,166 → $991 (-15.0%)

Covington

Population

40,54840,902

Median household income

$43,437$58,814

Median home value

$111,500$167,900

Median gross rent

$714$949

Edgewood

Population

8,7458,429

Median household income

$104,912$121,045

Median home value

$225,600$289,700

Median gross rent

$1,166$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Edgewood
Under 5	6.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	18.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.3%
75 and over	5.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Edgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Edgewood
No high school diploma	13.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	30.7%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Edgewood
Drove alone	70.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.0%
Public transit	3.6%	0.5%
Walked	3.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.8%	18.0%
Other means	2.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Edgewood
1-unit, detached	55.2%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	0.1%
20 or more units	9.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Edgewood
Poverty rate	21.8%	3.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1947	1976