Chickasaw County vs Covington County

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

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

Covington County has the higher population (18,226 vs 16,994 in Chickasaw County). Covington County has the higher median household income ($47,001 vs $43,041 in Chickasaw County). Chickasaw County has the higher median home value ($100,400 vs $98,500 in Covington County).

Population, income & housing

	Chickasaw County	Covington County
Population	16,994	18,226
Median age	39.0 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,041	$47,001
Median home value	$100,400	$98,500
Median gross rent	$702	$639
Housing units	7,817	8,360
Homeownership rate	67.2%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickasaw County	Covington County
Population	17,193 → 16,994 (-1.2%)	18,978 → 18,226 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$36,548 → $43,041 (+17.8%)	$38,178 → $47,001 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $100,400 (+51.0%)	$77,100 → $98,500 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $702 (+12.3%)	$631 → $639 (+1.3%)

Chickasaw County

Population

17,19316,994

Median household income

$36,548$43,041

Median home value

$66,500$100,400

Median gross rent

$625$702

Covington County

Population

18,97818,226

Median household income

$38,178$47,001

Median home value

$77,100$98,500

Median gross rent

$631$639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickasaw County	Covington County
Under 5	7.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.0%
75 and over	7.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickasaw County	Covington County
White (non-Hispanic)	49.4%	59.4%
Black or African American	44.4%	34.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickasaw County	Covington County
No high school diploma	19.3%	15.3%
High school graduate	35.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickasaw County	Covington County
Drove alone	80.4%	84.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	4.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.9%
Other means	2.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickasaw County	Covington County
1-unit, detached	71.5%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Chickasaw County	Covington County
Poverty rate	24.1%	17.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1978	1987