Best PlacesEvans, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Evans, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Evans ranks 22,290th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Evans
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Evans' strengths and weaknesses
Where Evans ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
Where Evans ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,425 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Evans
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Evans home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $78,350; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Evans' effective rate of 0.49%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Evans
Evans runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Evans.
Who works in Evans, and how
Work in Evans centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Evans
Evans has more parkland per resident than 79% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Evans and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Evans, month by month
Evans sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 25° | 10° |
| April | 67° | 48° | 31° |
| July | 94° | 74° | 57° |
| October | 69° | 48° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Evans
Denver International sits about 36 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.1 million passengers in 2025, with 250 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Evans
Schools across Evans average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chappelow K-8 Magnet SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Platteville Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Union Colony Elementary SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Milliken Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Prairie Heights Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- South Valley Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Roosevelt High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Greeley West High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Valley High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Evans school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Evans measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Evans against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Evans suits
Families
Schools land around the 6th percentile and crime safety beats 60%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Evans
Is Evans a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Evans ranks 22,290th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, cell coverage, and transit, and lowest on thin health care access and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Evans expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $343,118. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $78,350 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Evans safe?
Yes, Evans is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $386 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Evans?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 10. That works out to about 138 pleasant days a year, more than 88% of towns.
Is Evans good for families?
Schools beat 6% of towns, crime safety beats 60%, and childcare runs $1,425 a month.
Compare Evans with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Evans. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Evans represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Evans detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Evans: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Evans: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Evans: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Evans: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Evans detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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