Covington vs Mount Calm

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

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

Mount Calm has the higher population (411 vs 294 in Covington). Covington has the higher median home value ($155,400 vs $108,600 in Mount Calm). Since 2019, Mount Calm's population has grown faster (+24.5% vs +5.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Mount Calm
Population	294	411
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,639
Median home value	$155,400	$108,600
Median gross rent	$986	$1,163
Housing units	107	202
Homeownership rate	87.4%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Mount Calm
Population	280 → 294 (+5.0%)	330 → 411 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $45,750 (-7.7%)	$45,515 → $47,639 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $155,400 (+90.2%)	$71,700 → $108,600 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,050 → $986 (-6.1%)	$625 → $1,163 (+86.1%)

Covington

Population

280294

Median household income

$49,583$45,750

Median home value

$81,700$155,400

Median gross rent

$1,050$986

Mount Calm

Population

330411

Median household income

$45,515$47,639

Median home value

$71,700$108,600

Median gross rent

$625$1,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Mount Calm
Under 5	6.5%	8.3%
5 to 17	20.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	13.9%	2.4%
25 to 34	5.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	19.0%
75 and over	8.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Mount Calm
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	52.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	19.2%
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	2.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Mount Calm
No high school diploma	10.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	18.4%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	51.7%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Mount Calm
Drove alone	94.0%	70.5%
Carpooled	1.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Mount Calm
1-unit, detached	80.4%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	55.0%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Mount Calm
Poverty rate	4.7%	21.7%
Average household size	3.09	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1966	1992