Covington is a medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 40,956 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Covington is the fourth largest community in Kentucky. Covington has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Also of interest is that Covington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.44% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

A lot of people in Covington take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Covington, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.

The overall education level of Covington citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.40% of adults in Covington have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Covington in 2018 was $33,868, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,472 for a family of four. However, Covington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Covington is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Covington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Covington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Covington include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Covington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.