Home values, rents and more in Covington, KY
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Covington compares
The typical home in Covington, KY is worth about $217,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Covington are 29% below the typical value in the Cincinnati metro area ($306,000) and 41% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Covington fell 0.2%, compared with +2.2% in the Cincinnati metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,513 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Cincinnati metro area ($1,522) and 22% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $61,166, against $81,120 in the Cincinnati metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 41,110 people live in Covington (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Covington has the 28th-lowest typical home value of the 155 cities in the Cincinnati metro area and the 123rd-highest of 362 in Kentucky with Zillow figures.
Part of: Kenton County, KY · Cincinnati metro area · Kentucky
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.