City safety & data profile

CovingtonWA

Covington, WA is a 19K-resident city in King County with a median household income of $134,502.

King County, Washington. 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 42% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $637,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

19K
Population (place)
Bottom 43%
By size
$134,502
Median income (place)
$637,300
Median home (place)
5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Covington

Covington posts a median household income higher than 89% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Covington area.

Top 11%
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)

$134,502 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 WA

Population among 109 WA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Seattle is the largest WA city on this list; Sammamish leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in WA

Median household income among the same 109-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Sammamish posts the highest place-level median income in WA; Seattle 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, WA beyond the headline numbers

Covington sits inside King County, Washington, at roughly 47.36°N, -122.12°W. Population 19,197, $134,502 median household income. Median home value $637,300, median rent $2,232. Poverty rate 5%, 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.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5% of Covington, WA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Covington runs about 4.7 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

19.2% of Covington workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, physical inactivity departs furthest from its peer median: 14.8% in Covington, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

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)
19,197
Covington · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$134,502
+50% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$637,300
+54% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (King 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
2.3M+16%
Median Income
$124,746+74%
Median Home Value
$859,900+128%
Poverty Rate
8.6%-25%
Unemployment
4.8%-38%

Economics

Economics indicators for Covington, WA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,232/mo
Poverty Rate
5% -60% vs avg
Unemployment 4.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 37.3%
Work From Home 19.2%
Public Transit 0.8%

Population

White 61.2%
African American 8.1%
Asian 11.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 8.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
31%
High Blood Pressure
27.2%
Obesity
24.8%
Binge Drinking
18.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.9%
Physical Inactivity
14.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.1%
Current Asthma
10.7%
Current Smoking
9%
Diabetes
7.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 68.5%
Annual Checkup 69.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.1%
Stroke
2.4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
0
★★★
1
★★
0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER
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 WA-COVINGTON-WA · 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 Washington 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, WA? ▼
Covington, WA has a population of 19,197 people, located in King County, Washington.
What is the median household income in Covington? ▼
The median household income in Covington, WA is $134,502 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5%.
What is the median home value in Covington? ▼
The median home value in Covington, WA is $637,300. Median rent is $2,232/month.
What are the top health concerns in Covington? ▼
The top health indicators in Covington include Short Sleep Duration (31%), High Blood Pressure (27.2%), Obesity (24.8%). 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, WA is 36.4 years. 37.3% 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 Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (5% here).

Lehi, UT 5% Tinley Park, IL 5% Roy, UT 5% Cooper City, FL 5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($134,502 here).

Algonquin, IL $134,525 Coronado, CA $134,534 Severn, MD $134,423 Swampscott, MA $134,386

Compare Covington with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Lake Morton-Berrydale, WA 10K Lea Hill, WA 13K East Hill-Meridian, WA 30K Maple Valley, WA 26K Fairwood, WA 19K Kent, WA 127K Auburn, WA 77K East Renton Highlands, WA 11K
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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 Washington peers on any ranking lens. Explore Washington

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 (King 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.