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Covington

United States · GDP 2024
#1824 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
GDP growth
+15.9%
Jobs tracked
4,434
Employers
328
Avg. wage
$42.4k
Population
17,898
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$45.1k±$7.2k
Business applications
314 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing42%
Retail trade19%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation9%
Transportation6%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,898
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $52.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−158
International migration+60
Natural change−305

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$582.4M
2019
$606.1M
2020
$768.3M
2021
$852.4M
2022
$882.8M
2023
$1.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$105.1k±$16.8k
Median gross rent
$662/mo±$65/mo
Vacancy rate
12.8%±3.1%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
0 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
50.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 88Hail 71Heat wave 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
148
2016
148
2017
152
2018
149
2019
155
2020
170
2021
194
2022
193
2023
237
2024
223
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.1 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
CN
Nearest port
133.6 km
HUNT REFINING CO NAHEOLA DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
27.6 km
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$42.4k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Colfax$1.0BDallam$1.0BJuniata$1.0BSouthampton + Franklin$1.0BWalsh$1.0BGilpin$1.0B
The read

Covington's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, growing 15.9% year over year — faster than 97% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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