Households in Evart earn less than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where Michigan as a whole has 14%. Below the poverty line: 35.1% of residents (Michigan 13.2%). Evart grades D− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Evart, in brief
Evart has far more jobs than workers
Evart has 2,285 jobs, 3.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,500 people are in town, 95% more than the 1,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Evart have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Evart went from 504 in 2011 to 2,285 in 2021, +353%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 592 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Evart: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Evart is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Evart’s grade.
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Evart’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Evart stays D−.
Evart nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 403 residents head out to work, 189 work right here, and 2,096 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Evart on a workday afternoon, 95% more than live here.
3.9 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 2021, primary jobs.
What Evart’s employers do
2,285 jobs are based in Evart.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evart, 2011 → 2021: 504 → 2,285. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Evart’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Evart
About 33% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Evart’s workers come from
Where Evart clocks in
3% 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.
How long Evart spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evart workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 545 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Driving is how Evart gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Evart is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 570 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). 10.1% of Evart households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Evart’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400, and where Evart sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 203 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 244 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,265 | Calico Rock AR | 2,003 | $27K | 30.0% | 1.9% | 23% | D− |
| 5,266 | Jenkins KY | 1,733 | $27K | 32.3% | 6.0% | 6% | D− |
| 5,267 | Evart MI | 1,789 | $34K | 35.1% | 4.8% | 32% | D− |
| 5,268 | Shelby MS | 1,788 | $26K | 55.6% | 13.4% | 2% | D− |
| 5,269 | Thayer MO | 1,898 | $37K | 34.3% | 4.8% | 22% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Evart, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Evart and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Osceola Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Evart workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evart | – | D− | B+ | 19 min | $34,318 |
| Evart Township | under 2% | D | D | 29 min | $48,409 |
| Osceola Township | 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Osceola Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Evart’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 2021, 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 Evart: questions
What is the median household income in Evart?
$34,318 (±$16,643) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evart?
35.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evart?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evart work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reed City (6%, 12 mi), Grand Rapids (4%, 68 mi), Big Rapids (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Evart walkable?
Evart is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Evart without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Evart, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evart
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.