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Covington city, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Covington city is a Census city of 11,658 people across 8.04 square miles of land, in St. Tammany Parish. Median household income is $75,851, 69.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 85 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $47.8 m.
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Covington
What Covington is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.04 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,449
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Tammany Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Covington
How many people live in Covington
- Population11,658
- Median age39.0
- Population under 182,744
- Share under 1823.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,183
- Share 65 and over18.7 percent
- Households4,390
- Family households2,884
- Share of households that are families65.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Covington
Income and work in Covington
- Median household income$75,851
- Per capita income$38,867
- Civilian labor force5,043
- Employed4,761
- Unemployed282 plus or minus 203
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over8,009
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Covington
Housing in Covington
- Housing units4,640
- Occupied units4,390
- Vacant units250 plus or minus 146
- Vacancy rate5.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied3,061
- Renter occupied1,329 plus or minus 298
- Ownership rate69.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$295,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,396
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.1 percent
- Single family units3,825
- Share single family82.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more741 plus or minus 235
- Share in buildings of two or more16.0 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Mobile homes74 plus or minus 62
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Covington
How Covington gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,980
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,171 plus or minus 289
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.4 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,428 plus or minus 383
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.9 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Drove alone79.8 percent
- Carpooled4.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home13.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Covington
SBA loans in Covington (7(a))
- Approvals85
- Gross approval$47,765,400
- Average approval$561,946
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,165,000
- Largest approval$4,070,000
- Jobs supported1,354
- Jobs per approval15.9
- Loans with a final outcome16
- Paid in full16
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more21.2 percent
- Share to franchises17.6 percent
- Distinct lenders36
- Distinct industries by NAICS48
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Covington
SBA loans in Covington (504)
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$9,592,000
- Average approval$799,333
- Median approval$526,000
- Largest approval$2,903,000
- Jobs supported293
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
St. Tammany Parish, not Covington
St. Tammany Parish context, not Covington figures
These are St. Tammany Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Covington measurements.
- Establishments in St. Tammany Parish7,101
- Employment at those establishments, St. Tammany Parish86,457
- Covered employment, St. Tammany Parish96,674
- Average annual pay, St. Tammany Parish$59,351
- Average weekly wage, St. Tammany Parish$1,141
- Housing units permitted, St. Tammany Parish1,066
- Of those, single family, St. Tammany Parish1,062
- County product, 2024, St. Tammany Parish$17,382,382,000
- County product change over the prior year, St. Tammany Parish4.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, St. Tammany Parish$76,288
Every figure in this section is published for St. Tammany Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Covington. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Covington questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Covington, Louisiana?
11,658, in 4,390 households. Covington city covers 8.04 square miles of land, which is 1,449 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Covington in?
St. Tammany Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Covington?
$75,851. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $295,100. Median gross rent is $1,396 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Covington businesses?
85 7(a) approvals totalling $47.8 m, across 36 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 12 504 approvals worth $9.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Covington, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Covington borrowers get paid back?
Of the 16 loans that have reached a final outcome, 16 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Covington figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Tammany Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Covington.
Is zoning published for Covington?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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