| ECONOMY | Covington | Thornton | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.10% | 10.30% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | -1.48% | -0.38% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 28.94% | 28.94% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 7.75% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 8.71% | 5.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $21,803 | $26,952 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $38,976 | $51,035 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 19.12% | 7.65% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 12.93% | 10.24% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.62% | 12.72% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 15.71% | 18.20% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 19.27% | 21.51% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.64% | 13.55% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 6.94% | 11.27% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 2.07% | 3.41% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.66% | 1.24% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.05% | 0.10% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 11.11% | 7.97% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 14.65% | 14.58% | 20.61% |
| Service | 17.65% | 12.50% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 29.53% | 33.06% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.93% | 14.76% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 18.03% | 17.12% | 14.05% |
