Census-designated place · Flathead County, Montana

Evergreen, Montana

Evergreen is a census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana, part of the Kalispell, MT metro area. It has 9,611 residents. Evergreen, Montana has a quality-of-life score of 79 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,360 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Montana it ranks #35 of 94 cities and towns. It ranks best on new business applications (high), rent-burdened households (low) and arts, entertainment and recreation (high). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), suicide rate (high) and firearm deaths (high).

79High

Quality-of-life score: #3,360 of 15,651 cities and towns
Montana: #35 of 94 in MT
Population: 9,611 (2020-2024)
Land area: 9 mi²
Density: 1,123.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3025075

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety21#12,322/15,637
Economy72#4,451/15,631
Housing89#1,638/14,977
Health55#7,050/15,609
Healthcare51#7,738/15,650
Environment21#12,215/15,453
Education79#3,218/15,649
Infrastructure98#341/15,650
Community93#1,090/15,651
Leisure & amenities94#917/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Evergreen, Montana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Flathead 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

New business applications · high75.6 /1k
100/100Montana 26.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauFlathead County value
Rent-burdened households · low29.0%
98/100Montana 44.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high13.3 /10k
97/100Montana 13.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFlathead County value
High school diploma or higher · high91.2%
96/100Montana 94.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Hot days · low1 days
96/100Montana 15 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFlathead County value
Broadband subscriptions · high97.8%
96/100Montana 89.4%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.3%
4/100Montana 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFlathead County value
Suicide rate · high27.3 /100k
6/100Montana 30.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFlathead County value
Firearm deaths · high24.6 /100k
7/100Montana 23.6 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFlathead County value
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
10/100Montana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFlathead County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.0 µg/m³
12/100Montana 6.6 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyFlathead County value
Distance to an emergency room · high9.0 mi
20/100Montana 12.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFlathead County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
8,002 (2015-2019) → 9,611 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.5% (2015-2019) → 97.8% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$50,488 (2015-2019) → $76,446 (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
14.3% (2015-2019) → 24.2% (2020-2024)
+9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
37.5% (2015-2019) → 29.0% (2020-2024)
−8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.433 (2015-2019) → 0.357 (2020-2024)
−18%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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, Montana improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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

Bachelor's++9.9 points14.3% → 24.2%
Household income+51%$50,488 → $76,446
Broadband+15 points82.5% → 97.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Evergreen, Montana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.5 min2015-2019	19.6 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	46%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%2015-2019	24.2%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Improved	90%
Broadband subscriptions	82.5%2015-2019	97.8%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	81%
Child poverty rate	17.4%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Effective property tax rate	0.86%2015-2019	0.66%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	60%
High school diploma or higher	88.9%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	39%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4332015-2019	0.3572020-2024	−0.076	Within the margin of error	92%
Median household income	$50,4882015-2019	$76,4462020-2024	+51%	Improved	86%
Poverty rate	10.5%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.6%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.7%2015-2019	13.3%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	22%

“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, Montana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Evergreen, Montana 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, Montana itself moved +14.6 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

9,611 residents (±1,014)

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

3,358 households (±251)

Evergreen, Montana
Montana share

Under $25k9.9%†333
$25k–50k22%755
$50k–75k16%†532

Homes

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

Owners and renters

3,358 households (±251)

Evergreen, Montana
Montana share

Own73%2,445
Rent27%913

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−9.3 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

4,804 workers (±629)

Evergreen, Montana
Montana share

Drive alone78%3,725
Carpool12%†569
Public transit0.0%0

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 Kalispell, MT

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 Flathead County, the county holding most of Evergreen's residents.

Flathead County has 5,092 employer establishments, 449 for every 10,000 residents (1.81× the US rate of 248; 1.19× Montana's), with 45,165 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,608. The Census Bureau also counts 15,107 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,092; 15,107 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 449; US 248 · Montana 376
Paid employees: 45,165
Average annual pay: $51,608; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	638	56.3	3.63×More than typical	3,074	$59,126	1,345
Construction of buildings	370	32.6	4.32×More than typical	1,162	$58,838	1,074
Ambulatory health care services	333	29.4	1.41×More than typical	2,792	$68,641	601
Lessors of real estate	331	29.2	2.37×More than typical	827	$45,318	2,211
Restaurants and other eating places	253	22.3	1.21×About typical	4,631	$24,017	39
Services to buildings and dwellings	204	18	2.67×More than typical	653	$46,309	1,002
Building equipment contractors	201	17.7	2.95×More than typical	1,379	$60,898	142
Real estate agents and brokers	173	15.3	3.14×More than typical	197	$61,640	479
Building finishing contractors	172	15.2	3.99×More than typical	664	$49,886	517
Offices of other health practitioners	149	13.1	2.16×More than typical	562	$46,726	383
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	140	12.3	3.92×More than typical	549	$60,576	222
Other specialty trade contractors	125	11	4.39×More than typical	482	$65,133	464

Rank places for an industry Open Flathead County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 113,381 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 $535.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Evergreen, Montana: $55.69 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $535.2K; +54% vs FY2025
Per resident: $55.69; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 36%; 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

Transportation Security Administration$260.7K49%
Forest Service$252.4K47%
Indian Health Service$6,6151.2%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$4,0820.8%
Federal Aviation Administration$3,3750.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$2,5440.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$2,1920.4%
National Park Service$8780.2%

Top recipients

JOHNSON SECURITY BUREAU, INC$260.7K49%
ON-TRACK EXCAVATION, INC.$14.3K2.7%
MISSION MOUNTAIN FLYING SERVICES LLC$12.4K2.3%
BIG SKY MOBILE CATERING CORP$11.9K2.2%
PRICE CONTRACTING INC$11.7K2.2%

Spending by fiscal year

363.6KFY2017
352.8KFY2018
723.7KFY2019
592.9KFY2020
655KFY2021
526.7KFY2022
446KFY2023
367.8K

Top industries (NAICS)

Investigation and security services · 5616$261.6K49%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$142.9K27%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$32.7K6.1%
Special food services · 7223$19.7K3.7%
Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$12.4K2.3%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$9,687

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, Montana, so they do not add up across cities.

Evergreen, Montana's figures are part of those of Flathead County, MT ($66.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.8% of that total.

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

See federal money in Flathead 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, Montana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ryan K. ZinkeR-MT-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 3.0%

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.

Flathead County76100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Kalispell, MT78

Other cities and towns in Flathead 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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