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A town of 9,611.
Evergreen is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 26th among Montana's 41 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 72% of U.S. towns. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $341K, 4.6 years of the Kalispell area’s $74K median household income. On hazard risk, just 4 of Montana’s 95 towns do worse. Evergreen is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 68% of U.S. towns.
Where Evergreen beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Montana), ordered by how far Evergreen is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2005 and 3 maps from 1962 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Evergreen is unincorporated, so Flathead 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 has a shorter frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and trades workers with Kalispell and other neighbors, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Montana (mostly earthquakes).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of Montana towns, with expected losses of about $425 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
In Evergreen, the FEMA hazard score is 83 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 42% come from earthquakes and 34% from inland flooding. Flood insurance has paid out on 6 claims locally since 1980.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools: the Evergreen Elementary District. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Evergreen SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 360 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MT on state tests and graduation
In Evergreen, 31% of adults have obesity, where Montana’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 35%. Among adults in the town, 69% had a checkup this year. Two figures for adults locally: 21% binge drink, 30% have high blood pressure.
| Evergreen | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 72% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 10% | 12% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Kalispell Glacier Ap weather station, 5 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 100 days, shorter than in 99% of U.S. towns.
Its July high is 82°F, against 85°F in Montana’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Evergreen has about as many jobs (3,749) as working residents, but only 588 people both live and work here.
Evergreen’s mean commuting time stands at 20 minutes. For most workers, Evergreen is a place to come home to: only 15% work in town. Also worth knowing: between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 315, to 3,749. The top destinations are Kalispell (39%), Whitefish (6%) and Missoula (4%).
| Evergreen | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 41% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $66,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Trails total 3.5 miles in 7 parks and preserves. Evergreen’s trail network density comes in at 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Evergreen | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 9.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shady Lane Park | 0.7 mi | 16 |
| 2. ABS Park | — | 18 |
| 3. Lawrence Park | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On the market in Evergreen: a median 48 days to sell. 73% of Evergreen households live in a home they own. The typical rent for Evergreen comes to $1,166 a month.
| Evergreen | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 73% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,166 a month | $994 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Evergreen. Close and well known come first.
24 mi LakeFlathead Lake19 mi Ski areaWhitefish Mountain Resort137 runs · 2,292 ft vertical19 mi National ParkGlacier National Park3.1M visitors a year15 mi Ski areaBlacktail Mountain Ski Area23 runs · 1,421 ft vertical
15 mi GardenInternational Larix ArboretumFlathead Lake: The original uploader was Cactus.man at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · International Larix Arboretum: Chris Schnepf, University of Idaho, USA, CC BY 3.0 us
1 within 15 miles of the center of Evergreen
About 4 of every 100 Evergreen residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Montana.
Unincorporated community in Montana, United States
Evergreen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Flathead County, Montana, United States. Its population was 8,149 at the 2020 census, up from 7,616 at the 2010 census, and 6,215 in 2000. Evergreen is a suburb of Kalispell, the county seat.
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One town shares a border with Evergreen.
Evergreen reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Evergreen with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Evergreen grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #26 of 41 in Montana. It grades B+ for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $341,000, 27% below the Montana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
