With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Covington works elsewhere
6% of workers have no commute at all, against 15% across New York. Employers in Covington report 313 jobs, and 577 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Covington are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Covington and work: the main findings
Commutes from Covington are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Covington pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Covington pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs Covington residents hold. 86% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Covington. The jobs ↓
Covington makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Covington are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Covington residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 577 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Covington’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Covington is better than 53% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Covington’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Covington’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Covington could be anywhere from C to B+.
From Covington, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Covington workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 642 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Goods jobs make up 38% of work in Covington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Covington, 2013 → 2023: 308 → 313. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Covington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Covington, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 532 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Covington on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Warsaw
Where Covington clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Half of Covington commutes less than 17 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Covington start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Covington is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 15.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 682 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of Covington households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Covington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Covington comes 1,490th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,488 | Norfolk CT | 1,605 | $92K | 7.5% | 1.7% | 10% | B− |
| 1,489 | Perham Township MN | 1,062 | $104K | 9.5% | 8.6% | 2% | B− |
| 1,490 | Covington NY | 1,231 | $68K | 4.8% | 2.8% | 8% | B− |
| 1,491 | Aplington IA | 1,084 | $75K | 4.6% | 0.9% | 6% | B− |
| 1,492 | Harristown Township IL | 1,684 | $77K | 9.7% | 4.4% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Covington, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
11% of Covington works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Pavilion (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Covington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington | – | B− | B− | 20 min | $68,125 |
| Pavilion | 4% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $86,462 |
| Perry | 4% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $62,615 |
| Middlebury | 3% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $85,804 |
| York | under 3% | B− | B | 21 min | $79,886 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Covington’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Covington: questions
What is the median household income in Covington?
$68,125 (±$13,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Covington?
4.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Covington?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Covington work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (10%, 9 mi), Rochester (7%, 31 mi), Batavia (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Covington walkable?
Covington is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Covington without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Covington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Covington
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.