Covington city vs Craig County

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

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

Covington city has the higher population (5,671 vs 4,881 in Craig County). Craig County has the higher median household income ($67,778 vs $42,724 in Covington city). Craig County has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $80,200 in Covington city).

Population, income & housing

	Covington city	Craig County
Population	5,671	4,881
Median age	41.5 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,724	$67,778
Median home value	$80,200	$210,500
Median gross rent	$822	$728
Housing units	3,038	2,397
Homeownership rate	71.4%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Covington city	Craig County
Population	5,598 → 5,671 (+1.3%)	5,110 → 4,881 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$40,655 → $42,724 (+5.1%)	$55,708 → $67,778 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $80,200 (+10.0%)	$165,800 → $210,500 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $822 (+32.8%)	$566 → $728 (+28.6%)

Covington city

Population

5,5985,671

Median household income

$40,655$42,724

Median home value

$72,900$80,200

Median gross rent

$619$822

Craig County

Population

5,1104,881

Median household income

$55,708$67,778

Median home value

$165,800$210,500

Median gross rent

$566$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Covington city	Craig County
Under 5	5.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	18.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.3%
75 and over	8.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Covington city	Craig County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	95.2%
Black or African American	12.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Covington city	Craig County
No high school diploma	12.9%	13.1%
High school graduate	49.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Covington city	Craig County
Drove alone	86.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	8.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Covington city	Craig County
1-unit, detached	85.5%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Covington city	Craig County
Poverty rate	23.6%	14.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	15	35
Median year structure built	1949	1979