CovedaleOH
A town of 6,500.
Is Covedale a good place to live?
Covedale grades B+ overall, 323rd among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $91K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 77% of the country. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 66% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $269K, 3.3 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. Covedale’s trail density is 1.6 miles per square mile, against 0.2 in Ohio’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
What makes Covedale stand out
Where Covedale beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Covedale for work
Where Covedale’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Covedale grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Covedale is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Paycor Stadium and 50 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Covedale. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
7 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
Big draw25 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
7 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
8 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Moving to Covedale: who provides what
Covedale is unincorporated, so Hamilton County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Covedale.
Covedale has less tooth loss than most of Ohio and sends most of its workers to Cincinnati and beyond.
7.4% of Covedale is conserved land
On this, Covedale is where Ohio’s towns sit at 3.7% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. 4.4 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. William G. Schott Memorial Field | — | 9 |
| 2. Bosken Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Covedale earns an A− for health
Its widest gap with Ohio is tooth loss: 9.2% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.3% statewide.
12% of Covedale adults report frequent physical distress. Covedale beats the Ohio average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of Covedale adults feel lonely.
| Covedale | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Covedale | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.2% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About one in three of Covedale’s working residents commute to Cincinnati
Covedale has 848 jobs for its 3,211 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Covedale for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Covedale fell to 848 in 2023, 114 fewer than in 2013. 5.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Covedale.
| Covedale | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 15% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Covedale
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Covedale.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Covedale
Covedale has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Covedale earns a B− for cost of living
Covedale’s median rent is $1,430 a month. The typical Covedale home is worth about $269,000, up 2% in a year, 9% above the Ohio typical home.
| Covedale | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,430 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Covedale
Colleges nearby
16 within 15 miles of the center of Covedale
About 3 of every 100 Covedale residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Covedale
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Covedale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,472 at the 2020 census. The CDP represents the part of the former village of Covedale that was not annexed by the city of Cincinnati in 1930.
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- Area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 886 ft
Covedale’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Covedale.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covedale | #323 | B+ | B− | — | C | A− |
| Mack | #201 | A− | C+ | — | A− | A− |
| Green Township | #285 | B+ | B | B− | B | B+ |
| Bridgetown | #20 | A+ | A− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Cincinnati | #957 | D | C+ | D− | C | C |
| Delhi Township | #167 | A− | B+ | B− | B+ | B |
Covedale, Mack and Bridgetown report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Covedale with a neighbor →
Questions about Covedale
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Covedale, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Covedale grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #323 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A− for health and C for schools.
Is Covedale, OH expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.