Covington vs Slidell

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

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

Slidell has the higher population (28,664 vs 11,568 in Covington). Covington has the higher median household income ($73,809 vs $66,657 in Slidell). Covington has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $207,800 in Slidell).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Slidell
Population	11,568	28,664
Median age	39.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,809	$66,657
Median home value	$292,500	$207,800
Median gross rent	$1,374	$1,381
Housing units	4,706	12,137
Homeownership rate	65.3%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Slidell
Population	10,372 → 11,568 (+11.5%)	27,822 → 28,664 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$71,548 → $73,809 (+3.2%)	$54,906 → $66,657 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$232,900 → $292,500 (+25.6%)	$161,700 → $207,800 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,374 (+43.3%)	$1,042 → $1,381 (+32.5%)

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

Slidell

Population

27,82228,664

Median household income

$54,906$66,657

Median home value

$161,700$207,800

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,381

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Slidell
Under 5	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.8%
75 and over	6.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Slidell
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	61.9%
Black or African American	14.8%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Slidell
No high school diploma	9.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	22.0%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Slidell
Drove alone	82.5%	75.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.5%	12.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Slidell
1-unit, detached	77.4%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	9.8%
20 or more units	6.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Slidell
Poverty rate	12.4%	15.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1989	1978