Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety54#426/924
Economy77#214/925
Housing100#4/925
Health57#397/925
Healthcare28#669/923
Environment99#8/917
Education60#371/925
Infrastructure95#48/925
Community21#728/925
Leisure & amenities52#443/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Median Air Quality Index · low9
100/100Wyoming 372025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Rent-burdened households · low30.6%
99/100Wyoming 43.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Hot days · low0 days
99/100Wyoming 10 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · low18.6%
98/100Wyoming 22.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · low22.7%
98/100Wyoming 27.0%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Child poverty rate · low8.1%
96/100Wyoming 10.2%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.4 /10k
0/100Wyoming 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Social associations · low2.1 /10k
1/100Wyoming 13.7 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · high27.7 mi
1/100Wyoming 15.7 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · high98%
3/100Wyoming 74%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Mammography screening · low35.6%
8/100Wyoming 40.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high27.1 /100k
10/100Wyoming 30.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Median Air Quality IndexImproving
40 (2020) → 9 (2025)
−78%5 years
Access to exercise opportunitiesWorsening
74.6% (2010 & 2021) → 61.5% (2022 & 2024)
−13 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Violent crime rateImproving
267 /100k (2020) → 114 /100k (2025)
−57%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
PharmaciesImproving
0.9 /10k (2020) → 1.3 /10k (2025)
+47%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Firearm deathsWorsening
15.1 /100k (2021) → 22.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+46%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
11.1 /1k (2020) → 16.1 /1k (2025)
+45%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

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, Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area improved on 10 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 7 moved within the margin of error and 6 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Pharmacies+47%0.9 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Bachelor's++7 points16.0% → 23.1%
Suicides−41%46.3 /100k → 27.1 /100k
Violent crime−57%267 /100k → 114 /100k
Child poverty−4.9 points13.0% → 8.1%

Declined6

Transit use−2.4 points3.3% → 0.9%
Inequality+0.0690.386 → 0.455
Arts & recreation−25%5.7 /10k → 4.3 /10k
Overdose deaths+31%17.4 /100k → 22.7 /100k
Price / income+0.8×2.8× → 3.6×

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.7 /10k2020	4.3 /10k2025	−25%	Declined	4%
Average commute time	22.6 min2015-2019	20.6 min2020-2024	−2.0 min	Within the margin of error	96%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%2015-2019	23.1%2020-2024	+7 points	Improved	99%
Broadband subscriptions	89.5%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Child poverty rate	13.0%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Improved	75%
Distance to an airport	73 mi2020	73 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	14%
Drug overdose deaths	17.4 /100k2020	22.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+31%	Declined	14%
Effective property tax rate	0.55%2015-2019	0.45%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	40%
Firearm deaths	21.7 /100k2020	22.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+1.8%	Little change	46%
Grocery stores	0.4 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	−1.9%	Little change	42%
High school diploma or higher	92.7%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	20%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,3782019	$56,1202024	+29%	Improved	32%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3862015-2019	0.4552020-2024	+0.069	Declined	0%
Median household income	$63,4032015-2019	$82,4712020-2024	+30%	Improved	66%
New business applications	11.1 /1k2020	16.1 /1k2025	+45%	Improved	49%
Pharmacies	0.9 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+47%	Improved	99%
Poverty rate	11.3%2015-2019	8.6%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Property crime rate	1,299 /100k2020	863 /100k2025	−34%	Improved	50%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	−3.1%	Little change	37%
Public transit commuters	3.3%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Declined	5%
Rent as share of income	23.9%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Rent-burdened households	31.9%2015-2019	30.6%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Restaurants and bars	12.6 /10k2020	11.5 /10k2025	−8.7%	Declined	15%
Suicide rate	46.3 /100k2020	27.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−41%	Improved	97%
Traffic deaths	25.4 /100k2015-2019	25.9 /100k2020-2024	+2%	Little change	58%
Unemployment rate	5.5%2020	3.6%2025	−1.9 points	Improved	19%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.8%2015-2019	12.4%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Violent crime rate	267 /100k2020	114 /100k2025	−57%	Improved	97%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area 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, Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area itself moved −0.2 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

23,275 residents

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

8,639 households (±302)

Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k12%1,057
$25k–50k20%1,708
$50k–75k11%991

Homes

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

Owners and renters

8,639 households (±302)

Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area
United States share

Own77%6,693
Rent23%1,946

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

10,848 workers (±453)

Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone76%8,220
Carpool12%1,307
Public transit0.9%†101

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 no occupation wages for Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area.

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.

Evanston, WY-UT has 694 employer establishments, 297 for every 10,000 residents (1.20× the US rate of 248), with 6,502 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,024. The Census Bureau also counts 1,975 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 694; 1,975 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 297; US 248
Paid employees: 6,502
Average annual pay: $53,024; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Evanston, WY-UT by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	58	24.8	1.19×About typical	525	$47,571	77
Specialty trade contractors	56	24	1.55×More than typical	585	$83,891	146
Restaurants and other eating places	50	21.4	1.17×About typical	547	$20,293	10
Lessors of real estate	39	16.7	1.36×More than typical	96	$35,823	260
Truck transportation	32	13.7	2.71×More than typical	168	$66,792	57
Limited-service restaurants	28	12	1.49×More than typical	342	$18,556	—
Other specialty trade contractors	24	10.3	4.09×More than typical	355	$84,194	58
Construction of buildings	21	9	1.19×About typical	105	$50,914	68
Management, scientific and technical consulting	21	9	1.34×More than typical	132	$154,447	58
Services to buildings and dwellings	21	9	1.33×More than typical	77	$29,532	122
Gasoline stations	20	8.6	2.64×More than typical	326	$37,074	—
Offices of other health practitioners	20	8.6	1.41×More than typical	65	$40,492	39

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 23,361 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.7M on contracts performed in Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area: $70.78 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.7M; −78% vs FY2025
Per resident: $70.78; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 24%; 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 Navy$1.5M93%
Forest Service$91.3K

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $174.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area: $7,457 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $174.6M; +9.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,457; US $12,955
Loan face value: $13.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$95.8M55%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$12.4M7.1%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$11.1M6.4%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$10.3M5.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$10.2M5.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$8.9M5.1%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$4.5M2.6%
93.600 · Head Start$4.4M2.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$32.2M18%
CHEYENNE, WY
EVANSTON CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC.$2.9M1.7%
EVANSTON, WY
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$2.2M1.3%
WEST VALLEY CITY, UT
LINCOLN-UINTA CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION$1.5M0.9%
MOUNTAIN VIEW, WY
ROCKY POINT HOUSING

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$117.7M67%
Federal Highway Administration$34.5M20%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$11.4M6.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Administration for Children and Families$4.4M2.5%
Department of Health and Human Services
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

137.5MFY2021
171.9MFY2022
135MFY2023
166.7MFY2024
159.3MFY2025
174.6MFY2026

County aggregates

76%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Evanston, WY-UT

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

States

The share of the area's residents living in each state.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

EvanstonPrincipal city11,800

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Wyoming

Areas based in Wyoming, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

JSON · /api/v1/places/M21740

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved10

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Evanston, WY-UT micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Evanston, WY-UT

States

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Wyoming

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved10

Declined6

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards