Covington vs Union Hill-Novelty Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Covington and Union Hill-Novelty Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Union Hill-Novelty Hill has the higher population (23,272 vs 20,957 in Covington). Union Hill-Novelty Hill has the higher median household income ($181,820 vs $126,730 in Covington). Union Hill-Novelty Hill has the higher median home value ($1,174,100 vs $590,100 in Covington).

Population, income & housing

	Covington	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Population	20,957	23,272
Median age	37.4 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$126,730	$181,820
Median home value	$590,100	$1,174,100
Median gross rent	$2,220	$2,597
Housing units	7,499	8,843
Homeownership rate	79.1%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Population	20,825 → 20,957 (+0.6%)	21,992 → 23,272 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$105,154 → $126,730 (+20.5%)	$150,239 → $181,820 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$357,300 → $590,100 (+65.2%)	$809,000 → $1,174,100 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,764 → $2,220 (+25.9%)	$1,989 → $2,597 (+30.6%)

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

Union Hill-Novelty Hill

Population

21,99223,272

Median household income

$150,239$181,820

Median home value

$809,000$1,174,100

Median gross rent

$1,989$2,597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Under 5	6.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.2%
75 and over	4.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	59.2%
Black or African American	6.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	13.0%	27.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	8.7%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
No high school diploma	5.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	21.7%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Drove alone	73.2%	51.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	4.1%
Public transit	1.1%	2.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.1%	40.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
1-unit, detached	87.7%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Covington	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Poverty rate	4.7%	5.1%
Average household size	2.86	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1994	2001