Cove Forge vs Reightown

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

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

Reightown has the higher population (142 vs 139 in Cove Forge). Since 2019, Reightown's population has grown faster (+18.3% vs -64.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cove Forge	Reightown
Population	139	142
Median age	39.4 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$51,875
Median home value	—	$157,400
Housing units	17	72
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	50.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove Forge	Reightown
Population	390 → 139 (-64.4%)	120 → 142 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$53,611 → $61,042 (+13.9%)	$66,875 → $51,875 (-22.4%)
Median home value	—	$133,300 → $157,400 (+18.1%)

Cove Forge

Population

390139

Median household income

$53,611$61,042

Reightown

Population

120142

Median household income

$66,875$51,875

Median home value

$133,300$157,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cove Forge	Reightown
Under 5	0.0%	19.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	32.4%	5.6%
35 to 44	43.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	5.0%	41.5%
75 and over	1.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove Forge	Reightown
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	79.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove Forge	Reightown
No high school diploma	36.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.3%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove Forge	Reightown
Drove alone	81.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	18.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove Forge	Reightown
1-unit, detached	41.2%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	58.8%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Cove Forge	Reightown
Poverty rate	50.4%	8.5%
Average household size	1.86	1.97
Median year structure built	1982	1941