Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCovington cityVirginiaUnited States
American15.4%8.4%5.3%
Irish11.0%9.1%9.4%
German9.1%10.1%12.5%
English8.3%12.0%9.5%
Italian1.5%3.9%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%——
French0.8%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.8%1.9%1.3%
African American†11.3%15.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.8%0.3%0.4%
African0.6%0.9%0.5%
Mexican1.4%2.4%11.3%
Honduran1.1%0.7%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.4%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%0.7%0.5%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Chinese0.9%0.8%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.9%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.8%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Covington city
Virginia
United States
Median age
38
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.9%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Covington city
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$41,944
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.7%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
9.5%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Covington city
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.2%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.3%
7.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Covington city
Virginia
United States
Catholic
3.7%
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
35.1%
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
18.2%
54.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
32.4%
8.4%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Covington city, Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
10 precincts · 2,480 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Covington city precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -401 - PRECINCT 4-1401 - PRECINCT 4-1
176
438
2
616
28.6%
71.1%
R+42.5
Precinct -501 - PRECINCT 5-1501 - PRECINCT 5-1
140
442
6
588
23.8%
75.2%
R+51.4
Precinct -201 - PRECINCT 2-1201 - PRECINCT 2-1
183
294
6
483
37.9%
60.9%
R+23.0
Precinct -101 - PRECINCT 1-1101 - PRECINCT 1-1
142
276
1
419
33.9%
65.9%
R+32.0
Precinct -301 - PRECINCT 3-1301 - PRECINCT 3-1
177
192
5
374
47.3%
51.3%
R+4.0
Precinct 1-151580000101
0
0
0
0
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Precinct 2-151580000201
0
0
0
0
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Precinct 3-151580000301
0
0
0
0
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Even
Precinct 4-151580000401
0
0
0
0
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Precinct 5-151580000501
0
0
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Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1960–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1960
+4.1%
1964
+2.7%
1968
−9.9%
1972
−40.0%
1976
+20.4%
1980
+19.9%
1984
−10.5%
1988
+10.1%
1992
+15.6%
1996
+25.7%
2000
+9.1%
2004
+3.3%
2008
+12.1%
2012
+14.8%
2016
−18.3%
2020
−23.7%
2024
−33.2%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
33.0%Harris818
66.2%Trump1,642
0.3%La Cruz7 +4
R+33.2
R+9.6
R+31.8
2,480
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican66.2%1,642
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic33.0%818
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.3%7
OtherAll other candidates0.2%5
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%4
Chase OliverLibertarian0.1%3
Cornel R WestIndependent0.0%1
R
37.0%Biden964
60.7%Trump1,580
1.9%Jorgensen50
R+23.7
R+5.4
R+28.1
2,603
R
38.4%Clinton914
56.6%Trump1,349
3.1%Johnson73
R+18.3
R+33.0
R+20.4
2,382
D
56.6%Obama1,319
41.8%Romney975
1.5%
D+14.8
D+2.7
D+10.9
2,330
D
55.4%Obama1,304
43.3%McCain1,020
1.3%
D+12.1
D+8.8
D+4.8
2,354
D
51.2%Kerry1,179
48.0%Bush1,104
0.8%
D+3.3
R+5.9
D+5.7
2,301
D
52.8%Gore1,168
43.6%Bush966
1.1%Nader24
D+9.1
R+16.6
D+8.6
2,214
D
56.8%Clinton1,394
31.1%Dole763
10.4%Perot255
D+25.7
D+10.1
D+17.2
2,453
D
50.3%Clinton1,442
34.7%Bush995
14.0%Perot402
D+15.6
D+5.5
D+10.0
2,869
D
53.8%Dukakis1,567
43.7%Bush1,274
2.5%
D+10.1
D+20.5
D+17.8
2,915
R
44.0%Mondale1,391
54.5%Reagan1,722
1.5%
R+10.5
R+30.3
D+7.8
3,162
D
57.6%Carter1,813
37.7%Reagan1,187
4.8%
D+19.9
R+0.6
D+29.6
3,150
D
57.5%Carter1,820
37.1%Ford1,173
5.4%
D+20.4
D+60.4
D+18.4
3,165
R
27.9%McGovern7,289
68.0%Nixon17,722
4.1%
R+40.0
R+30.1
R+16.9
26,080
R
33.2%Humphrey1,195
43.1%Nixon1,551
23.6%
R+9.9
R+12.6
R+9.2
3,595
D
51.2%Johnson9,532
48.5%Goldwater9,038
0.3%
D+2.7
R+1.4
R+19.9
18,621
D
51.9%Kennedy1,558
47.9%Nixon1,436
0.2%
D+4.1
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
42.0%1,025
58.0%1,418
2,443
2020
R
45.5%1,157
54.5%1,386
2,543
2018
R
44.2%785
53.9%957
1,775
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Covington city, VA
Year
Total registered
2016
3,723
2018
3,640
2020
3,753
2022
3,879
2024
3,871
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−4 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −155 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $37,867 in average income, against $52,458 for residents who stayed — 28% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+48.0 on average — 15 points more Republican-leaning than Covington city, VA itself (R+33.2).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Alleghany County, VA101R+48.0
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Alleghany County, VA118
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Covington city, VA in Covington city, VA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−18
2012
−81
2013
+9
2014
−51
2015
−22
2016
−12
2017
+8
2018
+43
2019
−39
2021
+1
2022
−35
2023
−44
2024
+90
2025
−4
Covington, one of Virginia's smallest independent cities, sits in the Allegheny Highlands and has voted Republican by double-digit margins in every recent presidential cycle, reaching R+33.3 in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.7 points in 1996 and a Republican high of 40.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 9.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.2 points.
A population of 5,680, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,944 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chester County and Pulaski County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Covington city, Virginia voted Republican by 33.2 points (R+33.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,480 votes cast, 818 went Democratic and 1,642 went Republican.
When did Covington city, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Covington city, Virginia voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Covington city, Virginia?
Covington city, Virginia has a population of 5,680 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Covington city, Virginia?
Median household income in Covington city, Virginia is $41,944 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Covington city, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Covington city, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
