Covington County vs Winston County

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

Covington County and Winston 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 17,609 in Winston County). Winston County has the higher median household income ($49,071 vs $47,001 in Covington County). Winston County has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $98,500 in Covington County).

Population, income & housing

	Covington County	Winston County
Population	18,226	17,609
Median age	37.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,001	$49,071
Median home value	$98,500	$121,200
Median gross rent	$639	$654
Housing units	8,360	8,231
Homeownership rate	76.0%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington County	Winston County
Population	18,978 → 18,226 (-4.0%)	18,229 → 17,609 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$38,178 → $47,001 (+23.1%)	$34,724 → $49,071 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $98,500 (+27.8%)	$84,900 → $121,200 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $639 (+1.3%)	$697 → $654 (-6.2%)

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

Winston County

Population

18,22917,609

Median household income

$34,724$49,071

Median home value

$84,900$121,200

Median gross rent

$697$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington County	Winston County
Under 5	6.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.3%
75 and over	7.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington County	Winston County
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	49.5%
Black or African American	34.6%	47.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington County	Winston County
No high school diploma	15.3%	16.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington County	Winston County
Drove alone	84.1%	84.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	2.4%
Other means	1.8%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington County	Winston County
1-unit, detached	61.5%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	33.3%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Covington County	Winston County
Poverty rate	17.7%	30.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1987	1979