Covington makes Kentucky’s top 10 on 2 lists
Covington is ranked on 30 lists against the 145 Kentucky towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 5.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every KY town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Covington marked.
More snow than 100% of Kentucky
Not better or worse, just Covington’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Covington lands in the top half on 9 of 16 lists
Each dot is Covington’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in KY, the right end is last. Areas where Covington does best come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for a top hospital nearby
Lists where Covington sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Covington out-ranks 4 of its 8 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Covington lands in every KY ranking
32 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Murray · 36.6%
#10
Most trails#1 Southgate · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#3
Most walkable#1 Douglass Hills · 148 / sq mi
#24 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Hebron · 6.8%
#45
Most new homes#1 Elizabethtown · 17.4 per 1,000
#21
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Cave City · +84.8%
#50
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Russell · 30.3 per home
#29 People
Most educated#1 Indian Hills · 84.8%
#52
Youngest#1 Morehead · 22.0
#70
Oldest#1 Prospect · 54.5
#73
Most residents 65+#1 Hendron · 32.4%
#102
Most kids#1 Walton · 40.9%
#106 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Providence · 0.9 yrs
#68
Cheapest rent#1 Louisa · $488/mo
#86
Lowest property tax#1 Princeton · $535/yr
#100
Rent easiest to afford#1 Fort Knox · 22.7%
#34 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Campbell North · 10.3 min #79
Climate
Snowiest#1 Covington · 23 in
#1
Least snow#1 Richmond · 1.3 in
#109
F
Mildest winters#1 Fort Campbell North · 27.6°
#111
Hottest summers#1 Bowling Green · 89.4°
#109
Coolest summers#1 Florence · 85.2°
#25
Longest growing season#1 Eddyville · 225 days
#87
Wettest#1 Russell Springs · 55 in
#120 The number on the right is Covington’s spot. All of Kentucky’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every KY list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.