Cove vs Summerville

A side-by-side comparison of Cove and Summerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Cove and Summerville are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cove has the higher population (638 vs 119 in Summerville). Summerville has the higher median household income ($118,611 vs $67,813 in Cove). Summerville has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $243,800 in Cove).

Population, income & housing

	Cove	Summerville
Population	638	119
Median age	47.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$118,611
Median home value	$243,800	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,175	—
Housing units	312	56
Homeownership rate	76.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove	Summerville
Population	653 → 638 (-2.3%)	170 → 119 (-30.0%)
Median household income	$42,292 → $67,813 (+60.3%)	$51,250 → $118,611 (+131.4%)
Median home value	$189,000 → $243,800 (+29.0%)	$155,700 → $250,000 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,175 (+38.6%)	$850 → $950 (+11.8%)

Cove

Population

653638

Median household income

$42,292$67,813

Median home value

$189,000$243,800

Median gross rent

$848$1,175

Summerville

Population

170119

Median household income

$51,250$118,611

Median home value

$155,700$250,000

Median gross rent

$850$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cove	Summerville
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	14.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	3.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	19.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	26.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	3.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.0%
75 and over	14.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove	Summerville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove	Summerville
No high school diploma	6.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove	Summerville
Drove alone	85.2%	87.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove	Summerville
1-unit, detached	74.4%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	Cove	Summerville
Poverty rate	12.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1976	1976