Baraga vs Covington

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

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

Baraga has the higher population (1,948 vs 113 in Covington). Covington has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $39,297 in Baraga). Since 2019, Baraga's population has grown faster (-9.1% vs -19.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Baraga	Covington
Population	1,948	113
Median age	37.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,297	$68,750
Median home value	$101,000	—
Median gross rent	$434	—
Housing units	624	110
Homeownership rate	49.2%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baraga	Covington
Population	2,142 → 1,948 (-9.1%)	141 → 113 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$30,667 → $39,297 (+28.1%)	$49,286 → $68,750 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $101,000 (+15.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$481 → $434 (-9.8%)	—

Baraga

Population

2,1421,948

Median household income

$30,667$39,297

Median home value

$87,200$101,000

Median gross rent

$481$434

Covington

Population

141113

Median household income

$49,286$68,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baraga	Covington
Under 5	3.4%	10.6%
5 to 17	8.9%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	2.7%
25 to 34	24.2%	4.4%
35 to 44	21.7%	5.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	29.2%
55 to 64	9.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.1%
75 and over	5.4%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baraga	Covington
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	77.0%
Black or African American	26.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.2%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	20.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baraga	Covington
No high school diploma	11.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	54.3%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baraga	Covington
Drove alone	86.6%	86.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baraga	Covington
1-unit, detached	63.5%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Baraga	Covington
Poverty rate	18.2%	1.8%
Average household size	1.91	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	10	23
Median year structure built	1973	1950