Cottage Lake vs Covington

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

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

Cottage Lake has the higher population (23,170 vs 20,957 in Covington). Cottage Lake has the higher median household income ($197,331 vs $126,730 in Covington). Cottage Lake has the higher median home value ($1,164,000 vs $590,100 in Covington).

Population, income & housing

	Cottage Lake	Covington
Population	23,170	20,957
Median age	44.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$197,331	$126,730
Median home value	$1,164,000	$590,100
Median gross rent	$2,374	$2,220
Housing units	8,129	7,499
Homeownership rate	91.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottage Lake	Covington
Population	22,677 → 23,170 (+2.2%)	20,825 → 20,957 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$161,233 → $197,331 (+22.4%)	$105,154 → $126,730 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$798,200 → $1,164,000 (+45.8%)	$357,300 → $590,100 (+65.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,992 → $2,374 (+19.2%)	$1,764 → $2,220 (+25.9%)

Cottage Lake

Population

22,67723,170

Median household income

$161,233$197,331

Median home value

$798,200$1,164,000

Median gross rent

$1,992$2,374

Covington

Population

20,82520,957

Median household income

$105,154$126,730

Median home value

$357,300$590,100

Median gross rent

$1,764$2,220

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottage Lake	Covington
Under 5	6.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	17.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.2%
75 and over	4.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottage Lake	Covington
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	59.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.9%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.3%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottage Lake	Covington
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	10.3%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	41.0%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottage Lake	Covington
Drove alone	61.7%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.9%	1.1%
Walked	0.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	30.2%	16.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottage Lake	Covington
1-unit, detached	96.9%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottage Lake	Covington
Poverty rate	3.1%	4.7%
Average household size	2.93	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1984	1994