City safety & data profile

CovingtonGA

Covington, GA is a 14K-resident city in Newton County with a median household income of $58,810.

Newton County, Georgia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Covington, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Covington has a population larger than 23% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $301,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 24%
By size
$58,810
Median income (place)
$301,900
Median home (place)
20.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Covington

Covington posts a median household income higher than 20% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Covington area.

Bottom 21%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Covington

Where Covington income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$58,810 Bottom 20% higher than 20% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Covington $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in GA

Population among 99 GA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Atlanta is the largest GA city on this list; Milton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in GA

Median household income among the same 99-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Milton posts the highest place-level median income in GA; Atlanta is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Covington, GA beyond the headline numbers

Covington sits inside Newton County, Georgia, at roughly 33.60°N, -83.86°W. Population 13,916, $58,810 median household income. Median home value $301,900, median rent $1,191. Poverty rate 20.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Covington, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

20.4% of Covington, GA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Covington runs about 5.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

16.2% of Covington workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.8% in Covington, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Covington workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Covington from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,916
Covington · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$58,810
-34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$301,900
-27% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Newton County): Covington's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
118K+17%
Median Income
$77,179+53%
Median Home Value
$265,000+111%
Poverty Rate
12.3%-19%
Unemployment
6.6%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Covington, GA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,191/mo
Poverty Rate
20.4% +65% vs avg
Unemployment 7.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 27.2%
Work From Home 16.2%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 39.8%
African American 50.9%
Asian 0.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
43.5%
High Blood Pressure
43.4%
Short Sleep Duration
41.2%
Physical Inactivity
33.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.9%
Current Smoking
16.7%
Diabetes
16.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
16%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.5%
Binge Drinking
13%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.6%
Annual Checkup 80.3%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.4%
Stroke
4.8%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
PIEDMONT NEWTON HOSPITAL
COVINGTON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Covington?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Covington right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet GA-COVINGTON-GA · Covington

Covington: 7 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 7 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dallas

Tagged alert mix: Covington

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 7 tagged notices on record for Covington.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Dallas, TX (7 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Covington; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Georgia state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (7 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Dallas, TX 7 alerts Leicester, MA 7 alerts Central, LA 8 alerts Detroit, MI 6 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Covington, GA? ▼
Covington, GA has a population of 13,916 people, located in Newton County, Georgia.
What is the median household income in Covington? ▼
The median household income in Covington, GA is $58,810 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.4%.
What is the median home value in Covington? ▼
The median home value in Covington, GA is $301,900. Median rent is $1,191/month.
What are the top health concerns in Covington? ▼
The top health indicators in Covington include Obesity (43.5%), High Blood Pressure (43.4%), Short Sleep Duration (41.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Covington? ▼
Covington has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Covington? ▼
The median age in Covington, GA is 37.8 years. 27.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Covington, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside GA (20.4% here).

Daytona Beach, FL 20.4% Kissimmee, FL 20.4% Statesville, NC 20.4% West Chester, PA 20.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside GA ($58,810 here).

Gainesville, TX $58,809 Bellefontaine, OH $58,806 Sherman, TX $58,859 Bartlesville, OK $58,869

Compare Covington with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Conyers, GA 16K Loganville, GA 11K Monroe, GA 14K Stonecrest, GA 50K Snellville, GA 20K Redan, GA 33K McDonough, GA 23K Mountain Park, GA 12K
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Using Covington's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Covington area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Covington against Georgia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Georgia

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Newton County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.