Covington vs Tukwila

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

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

Tukwila has the higher population (21,479 vs 20,957 in Covington). Covington has the higher median household income ($126,730 vs $80,534 in Tukwila). Covington has the higher median home value ($590,100 vs $462,800 in Tukwila).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Tukwila
Population	20,957	21,479
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$126,730	$80,534
Median home value	$590,100	$462,800
Median gross rent	$2,220	$1,786
Housing units	7,499	8,431
Homeownership rate	79.1%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Tukwila
Population	20,825 → 20,957 (+0.6%)	20,196 → 21,479 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$105,154 → $126,730 (+20.5%)	$58,097 → $80,534 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$357,300 → $590,100 (+65.2%)	$315,000 → $462,800 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,764 → $2,220 (+25.9%)	$1,282 → $1,786 (+39.3%)

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

Tukwila

Population

20,19621,479

Median household income

$58,097$80,534

Median home value

$315,000$462,800

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Tukwila
Under 5	6.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	22.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.5%
75 and over	4.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Tukwila
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	27.9%
Black or African American	6.0%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	13.0%	22.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	3.6%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Tukwila
No high school diploma	5.9%	17.8%
High school graduate	21.7%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Tukwila
Drove alone	73.2%	66.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.1%
Public transit	1.1%	9.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.1%	12.1%
Other means	0.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Tukwila
1-unit, detached	87.7%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	21.8%
20 or more units	6.1%	28.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Tukwila
Poverty rate	4.7%	12.3%
Average household size	2.86	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1994	1978