Covington County vs Stone County

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

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

Stone County has the higher population (18,515 vs 18,226 in Covington County). Stone County has the higher median household income ($59,307 vs $47,001 in Covington County). Stone County has the higher median home value ($163,300 vs $98,500 in Covington County).

Population, income & housing

	Covington County	Stone County
Population	18,226	18,515
Median age	37.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,001	$59,307
Median home value	$98,500	$163,300
Median gross rent	$639	$839
Housing units	8,360	7,595
Homeownership rate	76.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington County	Stone County
Population	18,978 → 18,226 (-4.0%)	18,276 → 18,515 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$38,178 → $47,001 (+23.1%)	$45,483 → $59,307 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $98,500 (+27.8%)	$112,800 → $163,300 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $639 (+1.3%)	$680 → $839 (+23.4%)

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

Stone County

Population

18,27618,515

Median household income

$45,483$59,307

Median home value

$112,800$163,300

Median gross rent

$680$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington County	Stone County
Under 5	6.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	12.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.1%
75 and over	7.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington County	Stone County
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	75.7%
Black or African American	34.6%	17.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington County	Stone County
No high school diploma	15.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington County	Stone County
Drove alone	84.1%	87.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.4%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington County	Stone County
1-unit, detached	61.5%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	33.3%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	Covington County	Stone County
Poverty rate	17.7%	17.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1987	1997