Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Evergreen has lower household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
39.0% of residents are in poverty (Alabama 15.6%). Evergreen grades D− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in four work in Evergreen; the top destination outside it is Andalusia (6%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Evergreen stands out on work
Evergreen is where the jobs are
Evergreen has 1,904 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Evergreen workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Evergreen’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Evergreen are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Alabama. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Alabama worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Evergreen’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Evergreen is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #186 of 187 in Alabama. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Evergreen’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Evergreen could be anywhere from D− to D.
The daily commute in and out of Evergreen
On a workday 909 residents head out to work, 351 work right here, and 1,553 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Evergreen on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Evergreen
About 40% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The 1,904 jobs based in Evergreen
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evergreen, 2013 → 2023: 1,740 → 1,904. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Evergreen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way for Evergreen’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evergreen workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 802 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Evergreen’s workers come from
Where Evergreen clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Evergreen, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Evergreen is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #131 of 187 in Alabama. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.7% across Alabama.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 893 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 18.2% of Evergreen households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Evergreen’s commuters take a bus or train.
Evergreen and other U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,420 | Welch WV | 3,389 | $33K | 28.2% | 0.0% | 28% | D− |
| 4,421 | Richfield Township MI | 3,575 | $47K | 29.6% | 10.8% | 7% | D− |
| 4,422 | Evergreen AL | 3,272 | $41K | 39.0% | 16.7% | 28% | D− |
| 4,423 | Dumas AR | 3,476 | $35K | 33.9% | 9.8% | 44% | D− |
| 4,424 | Milan NM | 2,468 | $36K | 32.2% | 3.7% | 10% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Evergreen, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Evergreen: questions
What is the median household income in Evergreen?
$40,700 (±$5,001) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evergreen?
39.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evergreen?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evergreen work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Andalusia (6%, 31 mi), Mobile (6%, 85 mi), Montgomery (5%, 76 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Evergreen walkable?
Evergreen is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Evergreen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Evergreen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evergreen
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.