City safety & data profile

CovingtonKY

Covington, KY is a 41K-resident city in Kenton County with a median household income of $61,166.

Kenton County, Kentucky. 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 74% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $187,300.

Data updated 2026-09-03

41K
Population (place)
Top 26%
By size
$61,166
Median income (place)
$187,300
Median home (place)
20.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Covington

Covington posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 25%
by median income, US cities

Where Covington income ranks nationally

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

$61,166 Bottom 24% higher than 24% 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 KY

Population among 39 KY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Bowling Green is the largest KY city on this list; Burlington leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in KY

Median household income among the same 39-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Burlington posts the highest place-level median income in KY; Bowling Green 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, KY beyond the headline numbers

Covington sits inside Kenton County, Kentucky, at roughly 39.08°N, -84.51°W. Population 40,997, $61,166 median household income. Median home value $187,300, median rent $1,006. Poverty rate 20.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

20.8% of Covington, KY 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.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Covington runs about 3.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

14.1% of Covington workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 40.5% in Covington, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

2.6% of Covington workers commute by public transit, a larger 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)
40,997
Covington · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,166
-32% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$187,300
-55% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Kenton 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
171K+7%
Median Income
$80,548+48%
Median Home Value
$244,400+69%
Poverty Rate
11.8%-14%
Unemployment
4.3%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Covington, KY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,006/mo
Poverty Rate
20.8% +68% vs avg
Unemployment 5.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 32.2%
Work From Home 14.1%
Public Transit 2.6%

Population

White 76.1%
African American 8.4%
Asian 1.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.6%

Health Profile 2 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.2%

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 KY-COVINGTON-KY · 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 Kentucky 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 5

What is the population of Covington, KY? ▼
Covington, KY has a population of 40,997 people, located in Kenton County, Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Covington? ▼
The median household income in Covington, KY is $61,166 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.8%.
What is the median home value in Covington? ▼
The median home value in Covington, KY is $187,300. Median rent is $1,006/month.
What are the top health concerns in Covington? ▼
The top health indicators in Covington include Short Sleep Duration (40.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Covington? ▼
The median age in Covington, KY is 37.6 years. 32.2% 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 Kentucky so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside KY (20.8% here).

South Bend, IN 20.8% Bossier City, LA 20.8% Cape Girardeau, MO 20.8% Shawnee, OK 20.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside KY ($61,166 here).

Junction City, KS $61,181 Van Buren, AR $61,149 Madison, IN $61,183 Cohoes, NY $61,145

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.

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Nearby Cities 8

Newport, KY 15K Cincinnati, OH 311K Fort Thomas, KY 16K Norwood, OH 20K Erlanger, KY 19K Finneytown, OH 13K Monfort Heights, OH 12K Independence, KY 27K
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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 Kentucky peers on any ranking lens. Explore Kentucky

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 (Kenton 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.