Abita Springs vs Covington

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

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

Covington has the higher population (11,568 vs 2,669 in Abita Springs). Covington has the higher median household income ($73,809 vs $72,411 in Abita Springs). Covington has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $258,800 in Abita Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Abita Springs	Covington
Population	2,669	11,568
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,411	$73,809
Median home value	$258,800	$292,500
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,374
Housing units	1,155	4,706
Homeownership rate	89.5%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abita Springs	Covington
Population	2,532 → 2,669 (+5.4%)	10,372 → 11,568 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$62,143 → $72,411 (+16.5%)	$71,548 → $73,809 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$198,900 → $258,800 (+30.1%)	$232,900 → $292,500 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,121 → $1,290 (+15.1%)	$959 → $1,374 (+43.3%)

Abita Springs

Population

2,5322,669

Median household income

$62,143$72,411

Median home value

$198,900$258,800

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,290

Covington

Population

10,37211,568

Median household income

$71,548$73,809

Median home value

$232,900$292,500

Median gross rent

$959$1,374

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abita Springs	Covington
Under 5	7.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	11.5%
75 and over	8.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abita Springs	Covington
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	74.9%
Black or African American	11.4%	14.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abita Springs	Covington
No high school diploma	1.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	26.4%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abita Springs	Covington
Drove alone	66.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	12.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.6%	10.5%
Other means	6.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abita Springs	Covington
1-unit, detached	86.8%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Abita Springs	Covington
Poverty rate	8.7%	12.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	45	27
Median year structure built	1995	1989