Household incomes in Evans top those of 90% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Evans; the top destination outside it is Augusta (37%, 15 miles). Below the poverty line: 6.6% of residents; Georgia has 13.4%. The two grades for Evans are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Evans apart
Evans and Augusta trade workers both ways
Augusta is the top workplace for Evans residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Evans come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Evans
63% of Evans residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Evans pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 89% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Evans are held by workers 29 or younger, against 20% of Evans’ own working residents. The jobs ↓
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: Evans’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Evans is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #35 of 263 in Georgia. Household income is its strongest input ($125,098, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Evans could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Commuting out of Evans: the destinations
Where Evans clocks in
8% of workers
2% 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 Evans’ 10,529 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evans, 2013 → 2023: 9,148 → 10,529. 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 Evans’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Evans for work, and who comes in
On a workday 12,090 residents head out to work, 1,490 work right here, and 9,039 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Evans: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evans workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,778 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
The distance from Evans to work
About 26% 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.
For most of Evans, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Evans is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #213 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 17,325 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). 1.3% of Evans households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Evans’ commuters take a bus or train.
Evans places 402nd of 1,162 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 26,000 to 50,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Milton GA | 41,266 | $171K | 4.3% | 2.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 235 | Woodstock GA | 39,895 | $103K | 6.6% | 2.7% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 321 | Peachtree Corners GA | 42,519 | $82K | 7.9% | 2.5% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 400 | Shaler Township PA | 26,833 | $96K | 6.4% | 4.3% | 5% | A− |
| 401 | Richmond West FL | 35,593 | $102K | 10.5% | 2.9% | 4% | A− |
| 402 | Evans GA | 36,998 | $125K | 6.6% | 3.9% | 11% | A− |
| 403 | Gardner KS | 26,154 | $97K | 6.3% | 3.8% | 13% | A− |
| 404 | Stoughton MA | 29,845 | $105K | 8.4% | 4.2% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,162 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Evans, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
The towns around Evans
The biggest share goes to Martinez (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Evans’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 Evans: questions
What is the median household income in Evans?
$125,098 (±$10,955) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evans?
6.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evans?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evans work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (37%, 15 mi), Martinez (8%, 4 mi), Atlanta (2%, 132 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Evans walkable?
Evans is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Evans without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Evans, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evans
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.