Conrad, C.E., Memorial Cemetery · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Evergreen (3.4%) is lower than in 63% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 20 minutes each way, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. For jobs and income Evergreen is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Montana has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Evergreen
Evergreen trades workers with the towns around it
Evergreen has about as many jobs (3,749) as working residents (3,930), but they are mostly different people: 3,342 residents leave for work each day while 3,161 people come in. Only 16% of the jobs in Evergreen are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Evergreen and Kalispell trade workers both ways
Kalispell is the top workplace for Evergreen residents (39%) and also where the most people who work in Evergreen come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Evergreen residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Evergreen
Unemployment holds Evergreen’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (12.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Evergreen could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who works in Evergreen, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,342 residents head out to work, 588 work right here, and 3,161 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 (0.95 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.
39% of working residents work in Kalispell
Where Evergreen clocks in
6% 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.
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.
What the 3,749 jobs in Evergreen are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evergreen, 2013 → 2023: 3,434 → 3,749. 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.
The trip to work from Evergreen: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evergreen workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,499 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Montana: 81% 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 commute in Evergreen is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,804 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). 2.7% of Evergreen households have no vehicle (Montana 4.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Evergreen’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Evergreen ranks: 1,671st of 2,816 U.S. towns of 6,700 to 13,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,350 | Helena Valley West Central MT | 8,056 | $90K | 7.1% | 3.8% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,503 | Laurel MT | 7,205 | $68K | 10.0% | 2.4% | 18% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,598 | Whitefish MT | 9,358 | $74K | 9.4% | 2.4% | 37% | B− |
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| 1,669 | Waseca MN | 9,035 | $64K | 9.5% | 2.8% | 34% | B− |
| 1,670 | Bluffton IN | 10,583 | $58K | 9.5% | 2.8% | 36% | B− |
| 1,671 | Evergreen MT | 9,611 | $76K | 12.1% | 3.4% | 15% | B− |
| 1,672 | Clover Creek WA | 7,345 | $95K | 12.6% | 9.5% | 2% | B− |
| 1,673 | Ilion NY | 7,488 | $63K | 14.5% | 2.2% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,816 | 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 Montana.
Next door is work for 39% of Evergreen
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Kalispell. 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?
$76,446 (±$11,525) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evergreen?
12.1%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evergreen?
20 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evergreen work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalispell (39%, 3 mi), Whitefish (6%, 15 mi), Missoula (4%, 94 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Evergreen walkable?
Evergreen is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Evergreen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.