Covington TownshipPA
A town of 1,019, settled in 1801.
Is Covington Township a good place to live?
Covington Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and history; its weakest is a C for incomes. 28% of residents are 65 or older in Covington Township, against 21% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. Only 123 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on the outdoors. The biggest place to walk is Tioga State Forest, 1,692 acres with 2.2 miles of trail. Covington Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,019 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Covington Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Covington Township is from typical.
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Moving to Covington Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Covington Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Covington Township.
Covington Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Covington Township for work: only 5% work in town. Covington Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Covington Township has added 86 jobs, to 228 in 2023.
| Covington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Covington Township are less healthy than 71% of U.S. towns
Covington Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Covington Township.
| Covington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Covington Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 19.7% | 15.8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.1% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Covington Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Covington Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Covington Township’s July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Covington Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 7.1% of Covington Township
3.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Covington Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Covington Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.1% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tioga State Forest | 2.2 mi | 1,692 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Covington Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Covington Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Covington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
95% of working residents leave Covington Township for work
Where Covington Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Covington Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Putnam Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 400 at the 2020 census. Putnam Township is the village of Covington. Covington was formerly a borough that chose to become a township in 1892. It was settled in 1801.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
Questions about Covington Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Covington Township, PA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.