Covington ranks #10 in Washington for walkable streets
Covington is ranked on 36 lists against the 284 Washington towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 6.
The lists Covington does best on
Each list ranks every WA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Covington marked.
Covington lands in the top half on 15 of 22 lists
Each dot is Covington’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WA, the right end is last. Areas where Covington does best come first.
More snow than 87% of Washington
Not better or worse, just Covington’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Covington out-ranks 2 of its 3 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.
Every WA list, and where Covington lands
40 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Sammamish · 100 / 100
#54
Lowest obesity#1 Clyde Hill · 18%
#31
Fewest smokers#1 Clyde Hill · 5%
#47
Most active#1 Snoqualmie · 10%
#42
Fewest uninsured#1 Clyde Hill · 3%
#129
Lowest depression#1 Connell · 20%
#122
Closest to a top hospital#1 Enumclaw · 0.4 mi
#173 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montesano · 77.9%
#94
N
Most trails#1 Newcastle · 6.9 mi / sq mi
#95
Most walkable#1 White Center · 167 / sq mi
#10 
People
Most educated#1 Medina · 87.6%
#98
Youngest#1 Mattawa · 21.7
#91
Oldest#1 Port Ludlow · 65.1
#194
Most residents 65+#1 Port Ludlow · 50.3%
#226
Most kids#1 Othello · 40.3%
#114 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Ocean Shores · 30%
#119
Most new homes#1 Leavenworth · 34.9 per 1,000
#74
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Peaceful Valley · +74.0%
#171
B
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Burien · 20.0 per home
#100 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Wapato · 1.9 yrs
#188
M
Cheapest rent#1 Medical Lake · $785/mo
#224
Lowest property tax#1 Mattawa · $1,116/yr
#203
Rent easiest to afford#1 Grandview · 34%
#44 Safety
Safest#1 Sammamish · 5.8
#81 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Fairchild AFB · 9.7 min
#236 
The number on the right is Covington’s spot. All of Washington’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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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 WA 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.