Covington vs Erlanger

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

Covington and Erlanger 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 19,677 in Erlanger). Erlanger has the higher median household income ($78,420 vs $58,814 in Covington). Erlanger has the higher median home value ($189,400 vs $167,900 in Covington).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Erlanger
Population	40,902	19,677
Median age	37.6 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,814	$78,420
Median home value	$167,900	$189,400
Median gross rent	$949	$981
Housing units	20,946	8,225
Homeownership rate	51.5%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Erlanger
Population	40,548 → 40,902 (+0.9%)	18,967 → 19,677 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$43,437 → $58,814 (+35.4%)	$64,460 → $78,420 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$111,500 → $167,900 (+50.6%)	$136,100 → $189,400 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $949 (+32.9%)	$892 → $981 (+10.0%)

Covington

Population

40,54840,902

Median household income

$43,437$58,814

Median home value

$111,500$167,900

Median gross rent

$714$949

Erlanger

Population

18,96719,677

Median household income

$64,460$78,420

Median home value

$136,100$189,400

Median gross rent

$892$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Erlanger
Under 5	6.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	18.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.5%
75 and over	5.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Erlanger
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	85.5%
Black or African American	9.4%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Erlanger
No high school diploma	13.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	30.7%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Erlanger
Drove alone	70.9%	73.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.5%
Public transit	3.6%	0.8%
Walked	3.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	14.6%
Other means	2.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Erlanger
1-unit, detached	55.2%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	15.6%
20 or more units	9.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Erlanger
Poverty rate	21.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1947	1976