Best PlacesEvansdale, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Evansdale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Evansdale ranks 22,791st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Evansdale
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.
Evansdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Evansdale ranks high
- Short commute16.0 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
Where Evansdale ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Evansdale
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Evansdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,470, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Evansdale's effective rate of 1.28%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Evansdale
Evansdale's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Evansdale.
Who works in Evansdale, and how
Work in Evansdale centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Evansdale
Evansdale has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Evansdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Evansdale, month by month
Evansdale sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 20° | 11° |
| April | 63° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Evansdale
The nearest airport, Waterloo Regional, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 173 miles away.
The best schools in and around Evansdale
Schools across Evansdale average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Orange Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Kittrell Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Poyner ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hoover Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Bunger Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- George Washington Carver AcademyC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- West High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- East High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Expo Alternative Learning CenterD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Evansdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Evansdale 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 Evansdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Evansdale
Is Evansdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Evansdale ranks 22,791st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, biking, and state finances, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Evansdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,386. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $63,470 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Evansdale safe?
Evansdale is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $334 per resident a year.
Compare Evansdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Evansdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Evansdale 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.
Evansdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Evansdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Evansdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Evansdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Evansdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Evansdale 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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