Atoka vs Covington

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

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

Atoka has the higher population (10,237 vs 8,612 in Covington). Atoka has the higher median household income ($86,922 vs $43,512 in Covington). Atoka has the higher median home value ($283,500 vs $163,900 in Covington).

Population, income & housing

	Atoka	Covington
Population	10,237	8,612
Median age	39.1 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,922	$43,512
Median home value	$283,500	$163,900
Median gross rent	$1,279	$910
Housing units	3,850	3,801
Homeownership rate	84.3%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atoka	Covington
Population	9,241 → 10,237 (+10.8%)	8,857 → 8,612 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$91,687 → $86,922 (-5.2%)	$32,568 → $43,512 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$195,200 → $283,500 (+45.2%)	$111,800 → $163,900 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,186 → $1,279 (+7.8%)	$703 → $910 (+29.4%)

Atoka

Population

9,24110,237

Median household income

$91,687$86,922

Median home value

$195,200$283,500

Median gross rent

$1,186$1,279

Covington

Population

8,8578,612

Median household income

$32,568$43,512

Median home value

$111,800$163,900

Median gross rent

$703$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atoka	Covington
Under 5	5.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	17.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.9%
75 and over	3.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atoka	Covington
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	38.8%
Black or African American	11.0%	58.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atoka	Covington
No high school diploma	4.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	29.0%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atoka	Covington
Drove alone	86.9%	79.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.4%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atoka	Covington
1-unit, detached	93.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	7.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Atoka	Covington
Poverty rate	6.6%	25.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	2000	1976