Covington vs Fort Mitchell

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

Covington and Fort Mitchell 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 8,676 in Fort Mitchell). Fort Mitchell has the higher median household income ($80,814 vs $58,814 in Covington). Fort Mitchell has the higher median home value ($354,700 vs $167,900 in Covington).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Fort Mitchell
Population	40,902	8,676
Median age	37.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,814	$80,814
Median home value	$167,900	$354,700
Median gross rent	$949	$987
Housing units	20,946	3,841
Homeownership rate	51.5%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Fort Mitchell
Population	40,548 → 40,902 (+0.9%)	8,257 → 8,676 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$43,437 → $58,814 (+35.4%)	$67,745 → $80,814 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$111,500 → $167,900 (+50.6%)	$272,200 → $354,700 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $949 (+32.9%)	$789 → $987 (+25.1%)

Covington

Population

40,54840,902

Median household income

$43,437$58,814

Median home value

$111,500$167,900

Median gross rent

$714$949

Fort Mitchell

Population

8,2578,676

Median household income

$67,745$80,814

Median home value

$272,200$354,700

Median gross rent

$789$987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Fort Mitchell
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	18.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.3%
75 and over	5.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Fort Mitchell
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	87.4%
Black or African American	9.4%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Fort Mitchell
No high school diploma	13.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	30.7%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Fort Mitchell
Drove alone	70.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.9%
Public transit	3.6%	1.3%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	15.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Fort Mitchell
1-unit, detached	55.2%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	23.1%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Fort Mitchell
Poverty rate	21.8%	8.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1947	1970