Covington vs Pearl River

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

Covington and Pearl River 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 2,614 in Pearl River). Covington has the higher median household income ($73,809 vs $60,521 in Pearl River). Covington has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $229,200 in Pearl River).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Pearl River
Population	11,568	2,614
Median age	39.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,809	$60,521
Median home value	$292,500	$229,200
Median gross rent	$1,374	$1,056
Housing units	4,706	1,130
Homeownership rate	65.3%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Pearl River
Population	10,372 → 11,568 (+11.5%)	2,579 → 2,614 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$71,548 → $73,809 (+3.2%)	$56,061 → $60,521 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $292,500 (+25.6%)	$180,300 → $229,200 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,374 (+43.3%)	$966 → $1,056 (+9.3%)

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

Pearl River

Population

2,5792,614

Median household income

$56,061$60,521

Median home value

$180,300$229,200

Median gross rent

$966$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Pearl River
Under 5	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.7%
75 and over	6.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Pearl River
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	89.9%
Black or African American	14.8%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Pearl River
No high school diploma	9.7%	14.6%
High school graduate	22.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Pearl River
Drove alone	82.5%	73.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	4.7%
Other means	2.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Pearl River
1-unit, detached	77.4%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Pearl River
Poverty rate	12.4%	15.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1989	1993