Covington vs Eden Isle

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

Covington and Eden Isle 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 7,753 in Eden Isle). Eden Isle has the higher median household income ($76,427 vs $73,809 in Covington). Eden Isle has the higher median home value ($324,600 vs $292,500 in Covington).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Eden Isle
Population	11,568	7,753
Median age	39.1 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,809	$76,427
Median home value	$292,500	$324,600
Median gross rent	$1,374	$1,307
Housing units	4,706	3,787
Homeownership rate	65.3%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Eden Isle
Population	10,372 → 11,568 (+11.5%)	7,365 → 7,753 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$71,548 → $73,809 (+3.2%)	$76,606 → $76,427 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $292,500 (+25.6%)	$293,300 → $324,600 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,374 (+43.3%)	$1,138 → $1,307 (+14.9%)

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

Eden Isle

Population

7,3657,753

Median household income

$76,606$76,427

Median home value

$293,300$324,600

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Eden Isle
Under 5	4.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	21.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	18.3%
75 and over	6.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Eden Isle
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	79.9%
Black or African American	14.8%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	0.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Eden Isle
No high school diploma	9.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	22.0%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Eden Isle
Drove alone	82.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	15.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Eden Isle
1-unit, detached	77.4%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	11.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Eden Isle
Poverty rate	12.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1989	1997