Best PlacesEvansville, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Evansville, 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.
Evansville ranks 12,036th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Evansville
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.
Evansville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Evansville ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 140 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
Where Evansville ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Evansville
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Evansville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,599, 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 Evansville's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Evansville
Evansville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Evansville.
Who works in Evansville, and how
Work in Evansville centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Evansville
Evansville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Evansville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Evansville, month by month
Evansville sees roughly 140 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 25° | 14° |
| April | 59° | 41° | 26° |
| July | 93° | 72° | 51° |
| October | 63° | 45° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Evansville
The nearest airport, Casper/Natrona County International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 223 miles away.
The best schools in and around Evansville
Schools across Evansville average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Summit Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Grant ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Evansville ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Centennial Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Glenrock Intermediate SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Dean Morgan Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Natrona County High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Glenrock Jr/sr High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Roosevelt High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Evansville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Evansville 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 Evansville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Evansville
Is Evansville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Evansville ranks 12,036th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, heat safety, and biking, and lowest on tree cover and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Evansville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $290,629. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $82,599 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Evansville safe?
Yes, Evansville is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Evansville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Evansville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Evansville 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.
Evansville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Evansville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Evansville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Evansville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Evansville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Evansville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.