Indiana · Census place 1815490
Covington, Indiana
Covington is a city in Fountain County, Indiana with an estimated 2,751 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 165th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,751
- #165 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- +2.5%
- +67 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Density
- 1,897 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Covington population, 2020 to 2024
Covington added 67 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +25.
Covington covers 1.45 square miles of land, for 1,897 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Covington is denser than the typical town.
What county Covington is in
All of Covington's residents live in Fountain County, which had 16,833 residents in 2024. Covington holds 16.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Covington
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Covington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47932. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Covington is
The Census internal point of Covington is at 40.141500, -87.390600. Indianapolis, the capital, is 70.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Danville, IL (27,981 people), 11.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 66.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.141500, -87.390600
- DMS
- 40°08'29.40"N 87°23'26.16"W
- UTM
- 16N 466727.4E 4443535.6N
- Geohash
- dp1u77s15
- Plus code
- 86GJ4JR5+JQ
Daylight in Covington
At 40.14° N, Covington gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Covington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Veedersburg, 7.3 miles away, with 2,096 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Covington, IN?
2,751 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 67 (2.5%) from 2,684 in July 2020.
What county is Covington in?
Fountain County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Covington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47932.
How far is Covington from Indianapolis?
70.2 miles (112.9 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Covington.
What is the nearest larger city to Covington?
Danville, IL, with 27,981 residents, 11.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.