Covington, Virginia

Covington population, 2020 to 2024

Covington lost 82 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +52. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 49th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Covington is 34% of it.

Covington covers 5.47 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 1,035 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Covington is less dense than the typical town.

What county Covington is in

All of Covington's residents live in Covington city, which had 5,663 residents in 2024. Covington holds 100.0% 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: 24426. 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 37.781100, -79.985400. Richmond, the capital, is 140.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lexington, VA (7,802 people), 29.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 116.8 miles away.

Daylight in Covington

At 37.78° N, Covington gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 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 Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Clifton Forge, 9.2 miles away, with 3,385 people.