Best PlacesCovington, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Covington, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Covington ranks 1,479th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Covington
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Covington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Covington ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 87% of cities
- Cheap childcare$737 a month, better than 87% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 82% of cities
Where Covington ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Covington
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Covington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,443, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Covington's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Covington
Covington's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Covington.
Who works in Covington, and how
Work in Covington centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Covington
Covington has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Covington and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Covington, month by month
Covington sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Covington
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits about 35 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.2 million passengers in 2025, with 112 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Covington
Schools across Covington average a B−, better than 51% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Mandeville Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tchefuncte Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Lake Harbor Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Abita Springs Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Mandeville High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Fontainebleau High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Covington High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Covington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Covington measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Covington against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Covington suits
Families
Schools land around the 51st percentile and crime safety beats 74%.
Retirees
The weather beats 64% of cities, health care access beats 82%, and it is quieter than 55%.
Common questions about living in Covington
Is Covington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Covington ranks 1,479th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, a strong job market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Covington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $328,828. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $87,443 median income, cost of living beats 57% of cities.
Is Covington safe?
Yes, Covington is safer than 74% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $310 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Covington?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 63 with lows near 42. That works out to about 107 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of cities.
Is Covington good for families?
Schools beat 51% of cities, crime safety beats 74%, and childcare runs $737 a month.
Compare Covington with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Covington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Covington represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Covington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Covington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Covington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Covington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Covington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Covington detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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