Chambers County vs Covington County

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

Chambers County and Covington County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Covington County has the higher population (37,647 vs 34,450 in Chambers County). Covington County has the higher median household income ($50,886 vs $49,295 in Chambers County). Covington County has the higher median home value ($142,500 vs $129,700 in Chambers County).

Population, income & housing

	Chambers County	Covington County
Population	34,450	37,647
Median age	41.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,295	$50,886
Median home value	$129,700	$142,500
Median gross rent	$850	$736
Housing units	16,427	18,676
Homeownership rate	71.0%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chambers County	Covington County
Population	33,660 → 34,450 (+2.3%)	37,200 → 37,647 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$42,289 → $49,295 (+16.6%)	$42,189 → $50,886 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $129,700 (+33.6%)	$97,600 → $142,500 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $850 (+13.5%)	$612 → $736 (+20.3%)

Chambers County

Population

33,66034,450

Median household income

$42,289$49,295

Median home value

$97,100$129,700

Median gross rent

$749$850

Covington County

Population

37,20037,647

Median household income

$42,189$50,886

Median home value

$97,600$142,500

Median gross rent

$612$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chambers County	Covington County
Under 5	5.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.4%
75 and over	8.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chambers County	Covington County
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	82.5%
Black or African American	39.7%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chambers County	Covington County
No high school diploma	16.4%	13.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chambers County	Covington County
Drove alone	86.0%	87.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chambers County	Covington County
1-unit, detached	70.0%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Chambers County	Covington County
Poverty rate	15.5%	18.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1979	1981