Evarts is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 601 people and two associated neighborhoods, Evarts is the 272nd largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Evarts is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Evarts is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Evarts who work in sales jobs (22.54%), office and administrative support (20.23%), and maintenance occupations (12.14%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.18% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Evarts has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Evarts a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One of the benefits of Evarts is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.30 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Evarts does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Evarts with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.94% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Evarts in 2022 was $14,773, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,092 for a family of four. Evarts also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.36% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Evarts home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Evarts residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Evarts include English, Irish, European, German, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Evarts is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
