County · Alabama

Covington County, Alabama

Covington County, Alabama has a quality-of-life score of 8 out of 100 (very low), ranking #2,889 of 3,143 US counties. Within Alabama it ranks #47 of 67 counties. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), pharmacies (high) and unemployment rate (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), hospital quality rating (low) and homicide rate (high).

8Very low

Quality-of-life score: #2,889 of 3,143 counties
Alabama: #47 of 67 in AL
Population: 37,947 (2025)
Land area: 1,031 mi²
Density: 36.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 01039

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety9#2,806/3,096
Economy23#2,420/3,143
Housing54#1,445/3,140
Health17#2,597/3,144
Healthcare20#2,530/3,143
Environment21#2,471/3,108
Education9#2,871/3,144
Infrastructure18#2,574/3,144
Community20#2,518/3,144
Leisure & amenities29#2,238/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Covington County, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.20%
99/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Pharmacies · high3.4 /10k
93/100Alabama 2.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Unemployment rate · low2.9%
89/100Alabama 2.8%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Comfortable days · high30.9%
88/100Alabama 28.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Cost of buying a home today · low21.8%
82/100Alabama 26.3%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Drinking water violations · low0
78/100Alabama 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high5,840 /100k
2/100Alabama 3,481 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Hospital quality rating · low1.5
5/100Alabama 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Homicide rate · high8.3 /100k
6/100Alabama 9.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Firearm deaths · high34.3 /100k
7/100Alabama 21.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Natural hazard risk · high89.7
9/100Alabama 57.32025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.488
10/100Alabama 0.479United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 74% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+74 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedImproving
0.1 /1k (2021) → 0.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+118%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.7% (2015-2019) → 83.8% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Firearm deathsWorsening
20.8 /100k (2021) → 34.3 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+65%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
6.5 /1k (2020) → 10.7 /1k (2025)
+64%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
39.0% (2019) → 30.0% (2023)
−9 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%

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 County, Alabama improved on 7 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 21 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Weekly wage+28%$761 → $973
Broadband+13 points70.7% → 83.8%
New businesses+64%6.5 /1k → 10.7 /1k
Violent crime−29%384 /100k → 271 /100k
Real income+34%$42,425 → $56,641

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×2.3× → 2.9×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Covington County, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.9 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−1.2%	Within the margin of error	34%
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	25.5 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	46%
Average weekly wage	$7612020	$9732025	+28%	Improved	75%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%2015-2019	17.2%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Broadband subscriptions	70.7%2015-2019	83.8%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	72%
Child poverty rate	26.6%2019	25.7%2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Distance to an airport	56 mi2020	56 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	19.4 /100k2020	13.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−31%	Within the margin of error	54%
Effective property tax rate	0.26%2015-2019	0.20%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	33%
Firearm deaths	23.6 /100k2020	34.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+45%	Within the margin of error	8%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−1.2%	Within the margin of error	49%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+32%	Within the margin of error	79%
High school diploma or higher	83.4%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	30%
Homicide rate	9.3 /100k2020	8.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Within the margin of error	31%
Income adjusted for local prices	$42,4252019	$56,6412024	+34%	Improved	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4602015-2019	0.4882020-2024	+0.028	Within the margin of error	16%
Median household income	$44,8362019	$53,5762024	+19%	Improved	23%
New business applications	6.5 /1k2020	10.7 /1k2025	+64%	Improved	73%
Pharmacies	3.7 /10k2020	3.4 /10k2025	−8.2%	Within the margin of error	44%
Poverty rate	17.2%2019	18.9%2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Property crime rate	1,619 /100k2020	1,528 /100k2025	−5.7%	Within the margin of error	14%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−2.3%	Within the margin of error	41%
Rent as share of income	28.9%2015-2019	30.0%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent-burdened households	47.4%2015-2019	49.9%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Restaurants and bars	5.9 /10k2020	6.3 /10k2025	+7.8%	Within the margin of error	69%
Students per teacher	16.5×2019	16.2×2024	−0.3×	Little change	35%
Suicide rate	26.7 /100k2020	19.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−27%	Within the margin of error	90%
Traffic deaths	26.3 /100k2015-2019	19.6 /100k2020-2024	−25%	Within the margin of error	83%
Unemployment rate	5.4%2020	2.9%2025	−2.5 points	Improved	50%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.5%2019	11.4%2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Violent crime rate	384 /100k2020	271 /100k2025	−29%	Improved	67%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Covington County, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Covington County, Alabama 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 County, Alabama itself moved +0.1 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

37,628 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

14,642 households (±411)

Covington County, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k26%3,743
$25k–50k23%3,353
$50k–75k16%2,308

Homes

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

Owners and renters

14,642 households (±411)

Covington County, Alabama
Alabama share

Own76%11,168
Rent24%3,474

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

14,702 workers (±568)

Covington County, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone85%12,465
Carpool9.7%1,423
Public transit0.1%†14

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.

Covington County has 864 employer establishments, 228 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Alabama's), with 9,841 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,206. The Census Bureau also counts 2,441 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 864; 2,441 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 228; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 9,841
Average annual pay: $44,206; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	68	17.9	0.86×About typical	563	$59,641	75
Restaurants and other eating places	57	15	0.82×About typical	957	$16,629	13
Religious organizations	40	10.5	1.90×More than typical	197	$23,797	—
Gasoline stations	37	9.8	3.01×More than typical	235	$26,243	—
Limited-service restaurants	35	9.2	1.15×About typical	679	$15,127	5
Specialty trade contractors	31	8.2	0.53×Fewer than typical	130	$47,938	270
Lessors of real estate	27	7.1	0.58×Fewer than typical	63	$28,952	155
Automotive repair and maintenance	26	6.9	1.36×More than typical	135	$32,681	37
Offices of physicians	25	6.6	1.02×About typical	200	$83,900	10
Construction of buildings	24	6.3	0.84×About typical	119	$48,487	93
Heavy and civil engineering construction	23	6.1	5.29×More than typical	184	$58,891	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	20	5.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	132	$25,265	303

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 37,940 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $4.1M on contracts performed in Covington County, Alabama: $108 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4.1M; +11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $108; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.5%; 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$3.7M89%
U.S. Geological Survey$169.5K4.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs$142.6K3.5%
Forest Service$96.2K2.3%
Department of the Air Force$40K1.0%

Top recipients

SOUTH ALABAMA REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY$2.4M58%
SUNSHINE AERO INDUSTRIES INC$1.3M31%
WRIGHT BROS LLC$169.5K4.1%
UNITED CONTRACTING, LLC$142.6K3.5%
TAPPS LAND SERVICES, LLC$96.2K2.3%

Spending by fiscal year

4.7MFY2017
5.4MFY2018
7.9MFY2019
6.6MFY2020
6.3MFY2021
7.9MFY2022
5.7MFY2023
6.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$3.7M89%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$312.1K7.6%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$96.2K2.3%
Waste collection · 5621$40K1.0%

Largest awards

FY25 DISPOSAL AREA MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY (GIWW), FLORIDA$1.7M
CARTER'S CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC., A CLOSE CORPORATION· Covington County, AL· Construction & real property· Mar 18, 2025 – Mar 30, 2026· W9127825F0095
FCI MARIANNA - INSTALL HVAC SYSTEM FOOD SERVICE - 25Z3AC5$1.7M
SOUTH ALABAMA CONTRACTING LLC· Covington County, AL· Construction & real property· Nov 20, 2025 – Jun 25, 2026· 15BBNF26C00000013
REPLACE MAIN BUILDING CHILLER UNIT$169.5K
WRIGHT BROS LLC· Covington County, AL· Equipment maintenance· Jul 14, 2026 – Jul 14, 2026· 140G0126F0239
REPAIR DOMESTIC WATER LEAK

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.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $288.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Covington County, Alabama: $7,594 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $288.2M; −1.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,594; US $12,955
Loan face value: $147.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$161.9M56%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$33.5M12%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$32.9M11%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$18.2M6.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$10.1M3.5%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$4.8M1.7%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$3.5M1.2%
93.600 · Head Start$3.4M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

WALLACE LURLEEN B COMMUNITY COLLEGE$5M1.7%
ANDALUSIA, AL
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$4.8M1.7%
MONTGOMERY, AL
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION$3.4M1.2%
DOTHAN, AL
SOUTH ALABAMA REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY$3.4M1.2%
ANDALUSIA, AL
OPP HOUSING AUTHORITY INC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$223.7M78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$38.6M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$5M1.7%
Federal Highway Administration$4.8M1.7%
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration$3.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

253.2MFY2021
240.4MFY2022
266.8MFY2023
291.1MFY2024
292.5MFY2025
288.2MFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Covington County, Alabama compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Covington County, Alabama
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Covington County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Covington County, Alabama	United States
FY2017	$126	$1,436
FY2018	$147	$1,552
FY2019	$213	$1,654
FY2020	$176	$1,880
FY2021	$167	$1,810
FY2022	$210	$1,917
FY2023	$151	$2,079
FY2024	$170	$2,047
FY2025	$97.90	$2,165
FY2026	$108 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Covington County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Covington County, Alabama	United States
FY2017	$1.96	$93.28
FY2018	$10.29	$105
FY2019	$101	$128
FY2020	$65.34	$145
FY2021	$6.81	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Covington County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Covington County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$898	$5,748
FY2022	$437	$5,221
FY2023	$612	$5,364
FY2024	$887	$5,501
FY2025	$368	$5,732
FY2026	$484

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Covington County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Covington County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$443	$298
FY2022	$70.47	$357
FY2023	$283	$301
FY2024	$464	$319
FY2025	$93.52	$360
FY2026	$224

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Covington County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Covington County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$91.03	$239
FY2022	$102	$185
FY2023	$139	$229
FY2024	$103	$229
FY2025	$104	$249
FY2026	$95.44

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Covington County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Covington County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$0	$2,304
FY2022	$77.35	$2,197
FY2023	$83.20	$2,274
FY2024	$120	$2,267
FY2025	$111	$2,397
FY2026	$117

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Covington County, Alabama and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Covington County, Alabama	United States
FY2021	$707	$1,186
FY2022	$173	$465
FY2023	$48.59	$76.52
FY2024	$256	$120
FY2025	$17.06	$148
FY2026	$3.88

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Covington County, Alabama
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Covington County, Alabama and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Covington County, Alabama	United States
2014	−0.2%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/01039

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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 County, Alabama is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Barry MooreR-AL-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 2.8%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Covington County

Places whose residents live mostly in Covington County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Covington County, Alabama	United States
2014	−3.5%	−4.2%
2015	−2.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+3.3%
2018	+5.7%	+6.8%
2019	+7.4%	+10.5%
2020	+15.1%	+19.4%
2021	+20.3%	+26.1%
2022	+25.7%	+30.6%
2023	+31.6%	+35.0%
2024	+39.0%	+41.0%
2025	+47.2%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Covington County, Alabama	United States
2014	−3.5%	−5.5%
2015	−1.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.2%	+4.1%
2018	+6.9%	+8.9%
2019	+8.4%	+13.5%
2020	+15.9%	+20.8%
2021	+28.3%	+32.1%
2022	+29.9%	+35.4%
2023	+33.8%	+42.9%
2024	+44.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Covington County, Alabama	United States
2014	0.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.8/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Covington County, Alabama	United States
2014	+3.3%	−6.9%
2015	+3.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+11.7%	+4.7%
2018	+14.8%	+7.5%
2019	+28.1%	+14.0%
2020	+24.4%	+16.9%
2021	+26.2%	+21.0%
2022	+34.1%	+29.7%
2023	+43.2%	+34.9%
2024	+53.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Covington County, Alabama	United States
2014	20.8%	15.5%
2015	22.3%	14.7%
2016	19.6%	14.0%
2017	17.7%	13.4%
2018	19.9%	13.1%
2019	17.2%	12.3%
2020	17.1%	11.9%
2021	19.8%	12.8%
2022	19.2%	12.6%
2023	16.7%	12.5%
2024	18.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Covington County, Alabama	United States
2014	7.8%	6.2%
2015	7.2%	5.3%
2016	6.6%	4.9%
2017	5.3%	4.4%
2018	4.5%	3.9%
2019	3.6%	3.7%
2020	5.4%	8.1%
2021	3.0%	5.4%
2022	2.5%	3.7%
2023	2.7%	3.6%
2024	3.2%	4.0%
2025	2.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Covington County, Alabama	United States
2014	−7.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+0.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+3.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+3.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+16.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+41.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+38.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+35.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+44.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+46.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Covington County, Alabama	United States
2014	15.4%	13.5%
2015	12.3%	10.9%
2016	12.3%	10.0%
2017	12.1%	10.2%
2018	12.2%	10.4%
2019	12.5%	10.8%
2020	12.1%	10.4%
2021	13.2%	10.2%
2022	11.0%	9.5%
2023	10.9%	9.5%
2024	11.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Covington County, Alabama	United States
2014	4.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.7/1k	16.6/1k

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