Photo: E10ddie · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Evergreen top those of 95% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Evergreen are A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. 3.3% of residents are in poverty; Colorado has 9.4%. Home is the office for 33% of workers, where Colorado as a whole has 21%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Evergreen: the gist
Evergreen’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Evergreen is Denver, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (957) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Evergreen
33% of Evergreen workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado. 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.
Evergreen’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Evergreen is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #13 of 159 in Colorado. Household income is its strongest input ($150,417, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Evergreen could be anywhere from A to A+.
How far Evergreen’s workers travel
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.
Getting to work from Evergreen takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evergreen workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,972 commuters (the 33% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Evergreen for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,971 residents head out to work, 350 work right here, and 2,442 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,100 people are in Evergreen on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
22% of working residents work in Denver
Where Evergreen clocks in
22% of workers
4% 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.
Inside Evergreen’s 2,792 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evergreen, 2013 → 2023: 2,226 → 2,792. 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.
Most trips from Evergreen start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Evergreen is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #114 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 6.4% across Colorado.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,412 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 10% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Evergreen households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Evergreen’s commuters take a bus or train.
Evergreen is 166th of 2,944 U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Cherry Creek CO | 10,721 | $154K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Timnath CO | 11,600 | $178K | 4.4% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Boxford MA | 8,520 | $201K | 3.1% | 3.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 165 | New Hanover Township NJ | 6,237 | $107K | 2.6% | 5.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 166 | Evergreen CO | 8,602 | $150K | 3.3% | 1.1% | 8% | A+ |
| 167 | Totowa NJ | 11,166 | $114K | 4.1% | 3.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 168 | Tuckahoe NY | 7,029 | $104K | 5.1% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Colorado.
Around Evergreen: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Evergreen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen | – | A+ | B | 29 min | $150,417 |
| Kittredge | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kittredge: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Evergreen’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$150,417 (±$27,769) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evergreen?
3.3%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evergreen?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evergreen work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (22%, 26 mi), Lakewood (11%, 12 mi), Aurora (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Evergreen walkable?
Evergreen is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Evergreen without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.