Covington vs Three Lakes

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

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

Three Lakes has the higher population (222 vs 113 in Covington). Three Lakes has the higher median household income ($105,833 vs $68,750 in Covington). Since 2019, Three Lakes's population has grown faster (+26.9% vs -19.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Three Lakes
Population	113	222
Median age	48.5 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$105,833
Median home value	—	$258,300
Housing units	110	256
Homeownership rate	92.0%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Three Lakes
Population	141 → 113 (-19.9%)	175 → 222 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$49,286 → $68,750 (+39.5%)	$95,417 → $105,833 (+10.9%)
Median home value	—	$246,200 → $258,300 (+4.9%)

Covington

Population

141113

Median household income

$49,286$68,750

Three Lakes

Population

175222

Median household income

$95,417$105,833

Median home value

$246,200$258,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Three Lakes
Under 5	10.6%	0.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	5.0%
18 to 24	2.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	4.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	5.3%	3.2%
45 to 54	29.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	23.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	26.1%
75 and over	11.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Three Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	94.6%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Three Lakes
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.0%
High school graduate	51.2%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Three Lakes
Drove alone	86.3%	65.6%
Carpooled	11.8%	24.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Three Lakes
1-unit, detached	84.5%	94.9%
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%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Three Lakes
Poverty rate	1.8%	3.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	43
Median year structure built	1950	1976