City · Conecuh County, Alabama

Evergreen, Alabama

Evergreen is a city in Conecuh County, Alabama. It has 3,404 residents. Evergreen, Alabama has a quality-of-life score of 3 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,239 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Alabama it ranks #291 of 319 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), pharmacies (high) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), math scores (low) and premature death (high).

3Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,239 of 15,651 cities and towns
Alabama: #291 of 319 in AL
Population: 3,404 (2020-2024)
Land area: 20 mi²
Density: 172.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 0124808

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety16#13,103/15,637
Economy0#15,554/15,631
Housing75#3,799/14,977
Health3#15,171/15,609
Healthcare6#14,734/15,650
Environment27#11,224/15,453
Education4#15,012/15,649
Infrastructure17#13,052/15,650
Community6#14,704/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,392/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Evergreen, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Conecuh County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.31%
97/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Pharmacies · high2.8 /10k
94/100Alabama 2.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsConecuh County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low118 min
88/100Alabama 155 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesConecuh County value
Public EV charging ports · high11.0 /10k
85/100Alabama 3.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyConecuh County value
Property crime rate · low598 /100k
84/100Alabama 1,462 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2023Federal Bureau of InvestigationConecuh County value
Comfortable days · high30.8%
82/100Alabama 28.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationConecuh County value

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high7,593 /100k
0/100Alabama 3,481 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteConecuh County value
Math scores · low2.16
0/100Alabama 2.65United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteConecuh County value
Premature death · high20,827 /100k
1/100Alabama 11,613 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteConecuh County value
Life expectancy · low67.8 yrs
1/100Alabama 73.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteConecuh County value
Reading scores · low2.38
1/100Alabama 2.83United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteConecuh County value
Traffic deaths · high56.8 /100k
1/100Alabama 19.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataConecuh County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
3,646 (2015-2019) → 3,404 (2020-2024)
−6.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
34.6% (2015-2019) → 69.0% (2020-2024)
+34 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
57.4% (2015-2019) → 88.3% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
22.3% (2015-2019) → 39.0% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
8.7% (2015-2019) → 16.7% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
12.2% (2015-2019) → 18.9% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Evergreen, Alabama improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+31 points57.4% → 88.3%

Declined1

Child poverty+34 points34.6% → 69.0%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Evergreen, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.1 min2015-2019	20.6 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%2015-2019	18.9%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Broadband subscriptions	57.4%2015-2019	88.3%2020-2024	+31 points	Improved	98%
Child poverty rate	34.6%2015-2019	69.0%2020-2024	+34 points	Declined	1%
Effective property tax rate	0.30%2015-2019	0.31%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	15%
High school diploma or higher	87.4%2015-2019	87.4%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	−0.7×	Within the margin of error	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4602015-2019	0.4772020-2024	+0.018	Within the margin of error	35%
Median household income	$32,6022015-2019	$40,7002020-2024	+25%	Within the margin of error	44%
Poverty rate	22.3%2015-2019	39.0%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.5%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.4%2015-2019	13.0%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	79%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Evergreen, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Evergreen, Alabama in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Evergreen, Alabama itself moved +7.2 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,404 residents (±18)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,067 households (±197)

Evergreen, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k36%†380
$25k–50k26%†273
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,067 households (±197)

Evergreen, Alabama
Alabama share

Own53%567
Rent47%†500

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

893 workers (±165)

Evergreen, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone84%753
Carpool5.5%†49
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Conecuh County, the county holding most of Evergreen's residents.

Conecuh County has 204 employer establishments, 183 for every 10,000 residents (0.74× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Alabama's), with 2,412 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,544. The Census Bureau also counts 800 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 204; 800 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 183; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 2,412
Average annual pay: $42,544; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Conecuh County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Gasoline stations	16	14.3	4.43×More than typical	175	$24,960	—
Ambulatory health care services	14	12.6	0.60×Fewer than typical	103	$57,184	39
Restaurants and other eating places	13	11.7	0.63×Fewer than typical	301	$17,618	7
Truck transportation	12	10.8	2.13×More than typical	36	$68,000	36
Specialty trade contractors	10	9	0.58×Fewer than typical	50	$48,420	79
Limited-service restaurants	9	8.1	1.01×Too few to compare	249	$16,542	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	8	7.2	1.42×Too few to compare	23	$26,435	20
Religious organizations	8	7.2	1.29×Too few to compare	17	$21,941	—
Legal services	6	5.4	1.00×Too few to compare	8	$43,750	5
General merchandise stores	5	4.5	2.54×Too few to compare	39	$19,667	4
Lessors of real estate	5	4.5	0.36×Too few to compare	6	$23,500	30
Building equipment contractors	4	3.6	0.60×Too few to compare	7	$53,000	9

Rank places for an industry Open Conecuh County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,153 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Evergreen, Alabama: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

472.2FY2017
287.2FY2018
4.6KFY2019
3KFY2020
3.4KFY2021
12.2FY2022
139.1FY2023
1.9KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Evergreen, Alabama, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Evergreen is mostly in Conecuh County.

See federal money in Conecuh County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Evergreen, Alabama is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Shomari FiguresD-AL-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 94%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Conecuh County1100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Conecuh County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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