Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Covington at work: jobs, income and the commute
3% of workers have no commute at all, where Texas as a whole has 14%. Only 2% stay in Covington for work; outside it, Dallas is the main destination (12%, 51 miles). Working residents average 34 minutes each way, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Covington on a workday
On a workday 101 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Covington on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Covington commutes to
Where Covington clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Covington
140 jobs are based in Covington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Covington, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 140. 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.
The trip to work from Covington: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Covington workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 140 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Covington
About 35% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
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?
$43,977 (±$26,549) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Covington?
15.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Covington?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Covington work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (12%, 51 mi), Itasca (11%, 7 mi), Fort Worth (11%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Covington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.