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A town of 8,602, settled in 1859.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Evergreen grades A− overall, 39th among Colorado's 158 graded towns. On CDC health estimates it is near the top nationally. The median household earns $150K and its public schools beat 78% of Colorado towns on state tests and graduation. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $869K for a typical one and 8.2 times the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. 69% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Evergreen, against 44% in Colorado’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Only 6 of Colorado’s 218 towns score lower on hazard risk. Evergreen has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Hiwan Homestead and Evergreen Conference District.
Where Evergreen beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Evergreen | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.9% | 11.1% |
Where Evergreen’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Evergreen is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Its founding year, 1859, comes before those of 89% of the Colorado towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 2,321 in 1970, 9,307 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1914 and 4 maps from 1957 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Evergreen. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
19 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
20 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
14 mi LandmarkColumbine Memorial
17 mi MountainMount Blue SkyRed Rocks Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empower Field at Mile High: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ball Arena: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Coors Field: Matt Kozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Columbine Memorial: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0 · Mount Blue Sky: Lookinhere, CC BY-SA 3.0
Evergreen is unincorporated, so Jefferson County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Evergreen.
Evergreen gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Colorado (mostly wildfires) and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Colorado.
Its widest gap with Colorado is no health insurance: 4.9% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 11.1% statewide.
Among adults in Evergreen, 11% say their health is fair or poor. Against the Colorado average, Evergreen comes out ahead on 13 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 3. Only 10 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Evergreen.
| Evergreen | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 36% |
| What stands out | Evergreen | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.9% | 11.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.1% | 9.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Three of the 5 schools are below, and why each made the list. The largest public high school is Evergreen High School, with 909 students. Its public schools are run by the Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 478 | A− |
| Evergreen High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 909 | A+ |
| Wilmot Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 327 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
At 8.2 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income, the typical home (about $869K) costs more against local pay than in 81% of Colorado towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
The typical rent in Evergreen is $1,959 a month. Homes locally are typically worth about $869,000, down 1.3% in a year, 64% above the Colorado typical home. Nearly nine in ten households are owner-occupiers in the town.
| Evergreen | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,959 a month | $1,807 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of Colorado towns, with expected losses of about $880 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Evergreen once, in 2013. FEMA puts 64% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to wildfires, and 19% to inland flooding. 8 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1983.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
32.6% of workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado.
The share of workers in Evergreen who work from home: 33%. For most workers, Evergreen is a place to come home to: only 8% work in town. Jobs in Evergreen grew by 566 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 2,792. In Evergreen, the typical journey to work is 29 minutes.
| Evergreen | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 33% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $150,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 8.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Alderfer/Three Sisters Park, at 510 acres with 6.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Trails run 13 miles in 6 parks and preserves. Evergreen’s density of trails comes in at 1.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alderfer/Three Sisters Park | 6.4 mi | 510 |
| 2. Dedisse Park | 3.1 mi | 240 |
| 3. Stagecoach Park | 0.4 mi | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The Inter Canyon weather station, 8 miles away, records that 130 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns.
July afternoons reach 81° and January nights drop to 16°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
3 within 15 miles of the center of Evergreen
About 3 of every 100 Evergreen residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
7 places in Evergreen on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Evergreen.
Census-designated place in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
Evergreen is an unincorporated community, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The Evergreen post office has the ZIP Codes 80439 and 80437 (for post office boxes). At the 2020 census, the population of the Evergreen CDP was 9,307. The Evergreen Metropolitan District provides services.
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One town shares a border with Evergreen.
Evergreen reports no FBI crime data of its own. Kittredge isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Evergreen with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Evergreen grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #39 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A+ for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
5 notable people were born here, including Jake Canter and Eric Stough.
