Covington vs Kenmore

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

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

Kenmore has the higher population (23,594 vs 20,957 in Covington). Kenmore has the higher median household income ($137,926 vs $126,730 in Covington). Kenmore has the higher median home value ($869,800 vs $590,100 in Covington).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Kenmore
Population	20,957	23,594
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$126,730	$137,926
Median home value	$590,100	$869,800
Median gross rent	$2,220	$1,944
Housing units	7,499	9,362
Homeownership rate	79.1%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	57.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Kenmore
Population	20,825 → 20,957 (+0.6%)	22,724 → 23,594 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$105,154 → $126,730 (+20.5%)	$109,810 → $137,926 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$357,300 → $590,100 (+65.2%)	$572,900 → $869,800 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,764 → $2,220 (+25.9%)	$1,433 → $1,944 (+35.7%)

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

Kenmore

Population

22,72423,594

Median household income

$109,810$137,926

Median home value

$572,900$869,800

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Kenmore
Under 5	6.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.0%
75 and over	4.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Kenmore
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	64.3%
Black or African American	6.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	13.0%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	8.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Kenmore
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	21.7%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Kenmore
Drove alone	73.2%	54.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.1%
Public transit	1.1%	6.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.1%	29.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Kenmore
1-unit, detached	87.7%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	7.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Kenmore
Poverty rate	4.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.86	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1994	1984