Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety67#5,121/15,637
Economy44#8,708/15,631
Housing92#1,146/14,977
Health44#8,805/15,609
Healthcare52#7,456/15,650
Environment32#10,535/15,453
Education55#7,114/15,649
Infrastructure37#9,936/15,650
Community69#4,925/15,651
Leisure & amenities20#12,491/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Covington, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Miami County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Rent-burdened households · low34.1%
95/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Hospital quality rating · high4.5
94/100Ohio 3.6United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMiami County value
Drought exposure · low4%
87/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMiami County value
Distance to an airport · low11 mi
87/100Ohio 30 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMiami County value
Child care cost burden · low22.7%
85/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMiami County value
Math scores · high3.32
85/100Ohio 2.98United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMiami County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
7/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMiami County value
Comfortable days · low23.0%
8/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMiami County value
Depression · high28.2%
12/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · low14.9%
17/100Ohio 31.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Broadband subscriptions · low84.1%
20/100Ohio 90.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Pharmacies · low1.1 /10k
21/100Ohio 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMiami County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
27.6% (2015-2019) → 7.3% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 2.9× (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateImproving
15.2% (2015-2019) → 5.3% (2020-2024)
−9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
43.1% (2015-2019) → 34.1% (2020-2024)
−9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
25.0% (2015-2019) → 18.8% (2020-2024)
−6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
11.0% (2015-2019) → 14.9% (2020-2024)
+3.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Covington, Ohio improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Poverty−9.9 points15.2% → 5.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Covington, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.7 min2015-2019	24.7 min2020-2024	+3.9 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Broadband subscriptions	81.3%2015-2019	84.1%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	0.91%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	66%
High school diploma or higher	86.6%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3962015-2019	0.4072020-2024	+0.011	Within the margin of error	41%
Median household income	$50,8422015-2019	$59,7502020-2024	+18%	Within the margin of error	28%
Poverty rate	15.2%2015-2019	5.3%2020-2024	−9.9 points	Improved	93%
Rent-burdened households	43.1%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	−9.1 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Unemployment rate	5.5%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.6%2015-2019	5.1%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	29%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Covington, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Covington, Ohio in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Covington, Ohio itself moved −6.6 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,596 residents (±40)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (+5.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,596 residents (±40)

Covington, Ohio
Ohio share

White95%2,473
Black1.6%†41
Hispanic or Latino2.4%†63
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.7%†19

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,931 residents (±98)

Covington, Ohio
Ohio share

No high school diploma11%†206
High school or GED41%792
Some college20%393
Associate degree13%†253
Bachelor's degree9.0%†174
Graduate degree5.9%†113

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,077 households (±121)

Covington, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k17%†185
$25k–50k28%†301
$50k–75k10%†111
$75k–100k13%†142
$100k–150k20%†218
$150k–200k6.7%†72
$200k or more4.5%†48

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−11.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,077 households (±121)

Covington, Ohio
Ohio share

Own69%738
Rent31%†339

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

322 households (±113)

Covington, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $75062%†201
$750–1,00024%†77
$1,000–1,50012%†38

Home values

738 homes (±93)

Covington, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $150k36%268
$150k–250k49%363
$250k–400k9.2%†68

Age of homes

1,106 homes (±125)

Covington, Ohio
Ohio share

2010 or later2.6%†29
2000–20092.6%†29
1980–19998.1%†90

Size of homes

1,106 homes (±125)

Covington, Ohio
Ohio share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom4.8%†53
2 bedrooms33%†361

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,189 workers (±145)

Covington, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone76%904
Carpool9.5%†113
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.8%†22
Bike0.0%0
Work from home11%†128
Other1.8%†22

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−12.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,061 workers (±143)

Covington, Ohio
Ohio share

Under 15 min33%347
15–29 min40%424
30–44 min13%†142

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Miami County, the county holding most of Covington's residents.

Miami County has 2,176 employer establishments, 196 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.91× Ohio's), with 37,513 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,304. The Census Bureau also counts 8,071 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,176; 8,071 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 196; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 37,513
Average annual pay: $50,304; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Miami County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	167	15.1	0.82×About typical	3,672	$18,882	37
Specialty trade contractors	163	14.7	0.95×About typical	1,456	$64,921	589
Ambulatory health care services	153	13.8	0.66×Fewer than typical	1,836	$71,603	316
Limited-service restaurants	89	8	1.00×About typical	1,964	$18,118	13
Services to buildings and dwellings	83	7.5	1.11×About typical	774	$33,850	464
Religious organizations	82	7.4	1.33×More than typical	538	$22,599	—
Lessors of real estate	80	7.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	181	$39,475	867
Building equipment contractors	71	6.4	1.06×About typical	713	$61,588	100
Construction of buildings	61	5.5	0.73×Fewer than typical	381	$52,021	230
Automotive repair and maintenance	59	5.3	1.06×About typical	382	$45,555	104
Full-service restaurants	55	5	0.65×Fewer than typical	1,467	$20,274	17
Offices of physicians	49	4.4	0.68×Fewer than typical	746	$95,328	30

Rank places for an industry Open Miami County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 110,925 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $446 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Covington, Ohio: $0.17 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $446; −72% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.17; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$446100%

Top recipients

THE SERVICE COMPANY$446100%

Spending by fiscal year

231.3FY2017
281FY2018
2KFY2019
28KFY2020
1.6KFY2025
446.1FY2026

What was bought

Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$446100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$27562%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$17138%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Covington, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Covington, Ohio's figures are part of those of Miami County, OH ($73.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Covington is mostly in Miami County.

See federal money in Miami County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Covington, Ohio is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).