About Evans

Evans is a somewhat small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 9,863 people and just one neighborhood, Evans is the 46th largest community in Colorado.

Evans is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Evans is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Evans who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.42%), sales jobs (10.21%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (6.86%).

Evans is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Evans, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.6% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Evans is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Evans Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Evans who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.42% of the adults in Evans have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Evans in 2000 was $14,766, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,064 for a family of four.

Evans is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Evans home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Evans is White, followed by African-American. Evans also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 42.53% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Evans include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Evans is English. Some people also speak Spanish.