Covington city, Virginia

County Distress Index: Elevated · 57.1 | 5,545 people · 49th most distressed in Virginia

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Covington city, VA registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 57.1 — 1078th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Virginia, it ranks 49th of 133 counties. It scores higher than all 1 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Covington city's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 83.7 — worse than roughly 84% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 83.7
Poverty Rate 77
Income vs. State Median 95
Child Poverty Rate 80
Housing Cost Burden 72.4
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 65
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 92
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 81
Homeownership Rate 65
Rent-to-Income Ratio 59
Debt & Delinquency 57.2
Debt in Collections 74
Medical Debt 31
Student Loan Delinquency 47
Auto Loan Delinquency 41
Credit Card Delinquency 91
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 58
Employment & Wages 42.8
Unemployment Rate 72
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 5
Business Formation Rate 51
Community Vulnerability 29.4
Uninsured Rate 34
Disability Rate 25

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Covington city compares to its 1 neighboring county and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Covington city
Covington city, VA 57.1 Elevated
Alleghany County, VA 51.6 Elevated -5.5

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Covington city
Dawes County, NE 57.1 Elevated +0.0
Sierra County, CA 57.2 Elevated +0.1
Crittenden County, KY 57.3 Elevated +0.1
Niobrara County, WY 57.4 Elevated +0.3
Lincoln County, NV 57.5 Elevated +0.4

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