Covington vs Zeba

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

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

Zeba has the higher population (353 vs 113 in Covington). Covington has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $42,500 in Zeba). Since 2019, Zeba's population has grown faster (-9.3% vs -19.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Zeba
Population	113	353
Median age	48.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$42,500
Median home value	—	$97,000
Housing units	110	155
Homeownership rate	92.0%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Zeba
Population	141 → 113 (-19.9%)	389 → 353 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$49,286 → $68,750 (+39.5%)	$39,500 → $42,500 (+7.6%)
Median home value	—	$81,900 → $97,000 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$708 → $765 (+8.1%)

Covington

Population

141113

Median household income

$49,286$68,750

Zeba

Population

389353

Median household income

$39,500$42,500

Median home value

$81,900$97,000

Median gross rent

$708$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Zeba
Under 5	10.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	15.3%
25 to 34	4.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	29.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.5%
75 and over	11.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Zeba
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	42.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	49.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Zeba
No high school diploma	3.6%	17.7%
High school graduate	51.2%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Zeba
Drove alone	86.3%	72.9%
Carpooled	11.8%	22.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Zeba
1-unit, detached	84.5%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Zeba
Poverty rate	1.8%	29.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1950	1978