Fort Covington vs Tupper Lake

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

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

Tupper Lake has the higher population (3,072 vs 1,053 in Fort Covington). Tupper Lake has the higher median household income ($54,613 vs $54,545 in Fort Covington). Fort Covington has the higher median home value ($113,000 vs $106,300 in Tupper Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Covington	Tupper Lake
Population	1,053	3,072
Median age	40.3 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,545	$54,613
Median home value	$113,000	$106,300
Median gross rent	$820	$633
Housing units	516	1,985
Homeownership rate	82.4%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Covington	Tupper Lake
Population	1,390 → 1,053 (-24.2%)	3,797 → 3,072 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$49,071 → $54,545 (+11.2%)	$53,202 → $54,613 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $113,000 (+34.8%)	$88,500 → $106,300 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $820 (+6.5%)	$488 → $633 (+29.7%)

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

Tupper Lake

Population

3,7973,072

Median household income

$53,202$54,613

Median home value

$88,500$106,300

Median gross rent

$488$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Covington	Tupper Lake
Under 5	3.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	21.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	15.2%
75 and over	13.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Covington	Tupper Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Covington	Tupper Lake
No high school diploma	6.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Covington	Tupper Lake
Drove alone	60.0%	72.7%
Carpooled	23.0%	10.9%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	10.8%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Covington	Tupper Lake
1-unit, detached	77.9%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Covington	Tupper Lake
Poverty rate	15.2%	22.0%
Average household size	2.54	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1964	1951