Covington vs Laura

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

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

Covington has the higher population (2,573 vs 492 in Laura). Laura has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $51,157 in Covington). Covington has the higher median home value ($162,200 vs $121,700 in Laura).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Laura
Population	2,573	492
Median age	46.8 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,157	$73,125
Median home value	$162,200	$121,700
Median gross rent	$625	$800
Housing units	1,190	194
Homeownership rate	65.2%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Laura
Population	2,671 → 2,573 (-3.7%)	552 → 492 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$50,842 → $51,157 (+0.6%)	$56,875 → $73,125 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $162,200 (+63.7%)	$90,800 → $121,700 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $625 (-16.1%)	$690 → $800 (+15.9%)

Covington

Population

2,6712,573

Median household income

$50,842$51,157

Median home value

$99,100$162,200

Median gross rent

$745$625

Laura

Population

552492

Median household income

$56,875$73,125

Median home value

$90,800$121,700

Median gross rent

$690$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Laura
Under 5	5.0%	11.6%
5 to 17	12.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	20.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	21.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.1%
75 and over	9.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Laura
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	97.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Laura
No high school diploma	10.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	42.3%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Laura
Drove alone	78.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Laura
1-unit, detached	73.7%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Laura
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	20	36
Median year structure built	1946	1944