Covington vs Lacombe

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

Covington and Lacombe 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 6,883 in Lacombe). Covington has the higher median household income ($73,809 vs $70,361 in Lacombe). Covington has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $222,600 in Lacombe).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Lacombe
Population	11,568	6,883
Median age	39.1 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,809	$70,361
Median home value	$292,500	$222,600
Median gross rent	$1,374	$945
Housing units	4,706	3,264
Homeownership rate	65.3%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Lacombe
Population	10,372 → 11,568 (+11.5%)	8,960 → 6,883 (-23.2%)
Median household income	$71,548 → $73,809 (+3.2%)	$53,018 → $70,361 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $292,500 (+25.6%)	$173,200 → $222,600 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,374 (+43.3%)	$1,329 → $945 (-28.9%)

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

Lacombe

Population

8,9606,883

Median household income

$53,018$70,361

Median home value

$173,200$222,600

Median gross rent

$1,329$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Lacombe
Under 5	4.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	9.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	15.7%
75 and over	6.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Lacombe
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	57.8%
Black or African American	14.8%	24.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Lacombe
No high school diploma	9.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	22.0%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Lacombe
Drove alone	82.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	3.4%
Other means	2.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Lacombe
1-unit, detached	77.4%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Lacombe
Poverty rate	12.4%	14.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1989	1994