Fort Covington vs Malone

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

Fort Covington and Malone are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Malone has the higher population (5,466 vs 1,053 in Fort Covington). Malone has the higher median household income ($59,489 vs $54,545 in Fort Covington). Fort Covington has the higher median home value ($113,000 vs $103,500 in Malone).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Covington	Malone
Population	1,053	5,466
Median age	40.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,545	$59,489
Median home value	$113,000	$103,500
Median gross rent	$820	$793
Housing units	516	3,140
Homeownership rate	82.4%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Covington	Malone
Population	1,390 → 1,053 (-24.2%)	5,659 → 5,466 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$49,071 → $54,545 (+11.2%)	$39,722 → $59,489 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $113,000 (+34.8%)	$83,600 → $103,500 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $820 (+6.5%)	$741 → $793 (+7.0%)

Fort Covington

Population

1,3901,053

Median household income

$49,071$54,545

Median home value

$83,800$113,000

Median gross rent

$770$820

Malone

Population

5,6595,466

Median household income

$39,722$59,489

Median home value

$83,600$103,500

Median gross rent

$741$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Covington	Malone
Under 5	3.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	9.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.2%
75 and over	13.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Covington	Malone
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Covington	Malone
No high school diploma	6.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Covington	Malone
Drove alone	60.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	23.0%	5.0%
Public transit	3.2%	2.8%
Walked	0.9%	8.0%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Covington	Malone
1-unit, detached	77.9%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	28.3%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Covington	Malone
Poverty rate	15.2%	14.3%
Average household size	2.54	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	17	13
Median year structure built	1964	1938