Covington vs Pelkie

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

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

Covington has the higher population (113 vs 32 in Pelkie). Since 2019, Covington's population has grown faster (-19.9% vs -62.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Pelkie
Population	113	32
Median age	48.5 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	—
Housing units	110	27
Homeownership rate	92.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Pelkie
Population	141 → 113 (-19.9%)	85 → 32 (-62.4%)
Median household income	$49,286 → $68,750 (+39.5%)	—
Median home value	—	$219,600 → $220,100 (+0.2%)

Covington

Population

141113

Median household income

$49,286$68,750

Pelkie

Population

8532

Median home value

$219,600$220,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Pelkie
Under 5	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.4%	6.3%
35 to 44	5.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	29.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	93.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	0.0%
75 and over	11.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Pelkie
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Pelkie
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	51.2%	81.3%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Pelkie
Drove alone	86.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Pelkie
1-unit, detached	84.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Pelkie
Poverty rate	1.8%	71.9%
Average household size	2.26	1.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1950	—