Census-designated place · Columbia County, Georgia

Evans, Georgia

Evans is a census-designated place in Columbia County, Georgia, part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area. It has 36,998 residents. Evans, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 69 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,786 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Georgia it ranks #17 of 386 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), job growth (high) and traffic deaths (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), restaurants and bars (low) and mental health care shortage (high).

69High

Quality-of-life score: #4,786 of 15,651 cities and towns
Georgia: #17 of 386 in GA
Population: 36,998 (2020-2024)
Land area: 25 mi²
Density: 1,464.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 1328044

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety83#2,655/15,637
Economy90#1,534/15,631
Housing40#9,045/14,977
Health84#2,546/15,609
Healthcare49#7,920/15,650
Environment50#7,749/15,453
Education93#1,099/15,649
Infrastructure63#5,811/15,650
Community33#10,533/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,149/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Evans, Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Columbia 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

Child care cost burden · low15.3%
100/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColumbia County value
Job growth · high9.5%
99/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataColumbia County value
Traffic deaths · low4.9 /100k
96/100Georgia 15.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataColumbia County value
Violent crime rate · low66 /100k
94/100Georgia 297 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationColumbia County value
Reading scores · high3.35
91/100Georgia 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColumbia County value
Property crime rate · low486 /100k
90/100Georgia 1,409 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationColumbia County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
4/100Georgia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesColumbia County value
Restaurants and bars · low5.1 /10k
11/100Georgia 8.5 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsColumbia County value
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Georgia 9.6United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationColumbia County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.0 µg/m³
13/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyColumbia County value
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
14/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsColumbia County value
Average weekly wage · low$976
14/100Georgia $1,404United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsColumbia County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
38.2% (2015-2019) → 47.8% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
88.4% (2015-2019) → 93.0% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.4× (2015-2019) → 2.9× (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
48.3% (2015-2019) → 52.2% (2020-2024)
+3.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Average commute timeImproving
29.0 min (2015-2019) → 24.3 min (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Median household incomeImproving
$110,036 (2015-2019) → $125,098 (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Evans, Georgia improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 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.

Improved3

Commute−4.7 min29.0 min → 24.3 min
Broadband+4.6 points88.4% → 93.0%
Household income+14%$110,036 → $125,098

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×2.4× → 2.9×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Evans, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.0 min2015-2019	24.3 min2020-2024	−4.7 min	Improved	89%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%2015-2019	52.2%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Broadband subscriptions	88.4%2015-2019	93.0%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Improved	29%
Child poverty rate	8.6%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Effective property tax rate	0.89%2015-2019	0.82%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
High school diploma or higher	95.1%2015-2019	95.3%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3662015-2019	0.3792020-2024	+0.013	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$110,0362015-2019	$125,0982020-2024	+14%	Improved	21%
Poverty rate	5.7%2015-2019	6.6%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Rent as share of income	26.7%2015-2019	28.7%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Rent-burdened households	38.2%2015-2019	47.8%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Unemployment rate	5.0%2015-2019	3.9%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.4%2015-2019	5.6%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	56%

“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 Evans, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Evans, Georgia 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, Evans, Georgia itself moved −5 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

36,998 residents (±1,983)

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

12,056 households (±658)

Evans, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k8.0%963
$25k–50k7.3%882
$50k–75k15%1,796

Homes

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

Owners and renters

12,056 households (±658)

Evans, Georgia
Georgia share

Own88%10,586
Rent12%1,470

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.7 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

17,325 workers (±1,373)

Evans, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone82%14,212
Carpool7.1%1,237
Public transit0.3%†54

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

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 Columbia County, the county holding most of Evans's residents.

Columbia County has 2,943 employer establishments, 178 for every 10,000 residents (0.72× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Georgia's), with 36,446 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,001. The Census Bureau also counts 14,593 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,943; 14,593 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 178; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 36,446
Average annual pay: $45,001; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	295	17.9	0.86×About typical	3,183	$55,112	895
Restaurants and other eating places	258	15.6	0.85×About typical	5,547	$19,772	72
Specialty trade contractors	229	13.9	0.90×About typical	2,027	$57,988	908
Lessors of real estate	146	8.8	0.72×Fewer than typical	471	$53,979	1,551
Services to buildings and dwellings	138	8.4	1.24×About typical	1,028	$32,804	891
Limited-service restaurants	130	7.9	0.98×About typical	2,859	$18,006	34
Construction of buildings	126	7.6	1.01×About typical	815	$74,086	314
Offices of physicians	102	6.2	0.95×About typical	967	$86,548	252
Building equipment contractors	100	6.1	1.01×About typical	1,136	$58,443	148
Personal care services	91	5.5	1.15×About typical	380	$31,200	1,284
Religious organizations	88	5.3	0.96×About typical	847	$22,736	—
Full-service restaurants	87	5.3	0.69×Fewer than typical	1,971	$24,021	27

Rank places for an industry Open Columbia County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 165,093 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 $21.6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Evans, Georgia: $583 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $21.6M; −43% vs FY2025
Per resident: $583; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.5%; 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

Department of the Army$21.2M98%
Department of Veterans Affairs$297.7K1.4%
Internal Revenue Service$44.1K0.2%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$23.8K0.1%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$17.4K0.1%

Top recipients

JANUS RESEARCH GROUP, LLC$21.2M98%
BLUE WATER THINKING,LLC$103K0.5%
ADAPTIVE DRIVING SOLUTIONS, INC.$100.4K0.5%
VETERANS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.$58.6K0.3%
CYNWAVE SOLUTIONS, LLC$37.5K0.2%

Spending by fiscal year

3.5MFY2017
799.4KFY2018
3.5MFY2019
3.7MFY2020
5.2MFY2021
36.6MFY2022
32MFY2023
30M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$21.2M98%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$135.6K0.6%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$103K0.5%
Software publishers · 5112$24K0.1%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$23.8K0.1%
Couriers and express delivery services · 4921

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Evans, Georgia

TO PROCURE BUSINESS OPERATIONS, PROGRAMMATIC, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT MANAGER TACTICAL NETWORK (PM TN) PORTFOLIO THROUGHOUT ALL PHRASES OF THE PROGRAM LIFE CYCLE.$102.2M
JANUS RESEARCH GROUP, LLC· Columbia County, GA· Professional services· Oct 16, 2024 – May 21, 2026· W15P7T25F0001
AWS SFF STS WIFI SPARES$17.4M
FAIRWINDS TECHNOLOGIES LLC· Columbia County, GA· IT & telecom· Jul 27, 2023 – Feb 17, 2026· HC108423F0177
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPORT - CALL 1$174.9K
FATHOM MEDICAL LLC· Columbia County, GA· Health & medical· Jul 19, 2023 – Aug 13, 2026· 15F06723F0001244

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 Evans, Georgia, so they do not add up across cities.

Evans, Georgia's figures are part of those of Columbia County, GA ($45.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 47% of that total.

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

See federal money in Columbia 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.

Evans, Georgia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Rick W. AllenR-GA-12 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 1.6%

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.

Columbia County76100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC29

Other cities and towns in Columbia 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
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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