Covington vs Piqua

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

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

Piqua has the higher population (20,533 vs 2,573 in Covington). Piqua has the higher median household income ($63,770 vs $51,157 in Covington). Covington has the higher median home value ($162,200 vs $124,900 in Piqua).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Piqua
Population	2,573	20,533
Median age	46.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,157	$63,770
Median home value	$162,200	$124,900
Median gross rent	$625	$896
Housing units	1,190	9,372
Homeownership rate	65.2%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Piqua
Population	2,671 → 2,573 (-3.7%)	21,028 → 20,533 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$50,842 → $51,157 (+0.6%)	$43,061 → $63,770 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $162,200 (+63.7%)	$87,100 → $124,900 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $625 (-16.1%)	$734 → $896 (+22.1%)

Covington

Population

2,6712,573

Median household income

$50,842$51,157

Median home value

$99,100$162,200

Median gross rent

$745$625

Piqua

Population

21,02820,533

Median household income

$43,061$63,770

Median home value

$87,100$124,900

Median gross rent

$734$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Piqua
Under 5	5.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	21.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.8%
75 and over	9.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Piqua
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Piqua
No high school diploma	10.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	42.3%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Piqua
Drove alone	78.9%	80.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.1%
Other means	2.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Piqua
1-unit, detached	73.7%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	5.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Piqua
Poverty rate	7.1%	15.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1946	1952