Evergreen vs Golden

A side-by-side comparison of Evergreen and Golden: population, income, housing, and more.

Evergreen and Golden are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Golden has the higher population (20,467 vs 8,643 in Evergreen). Evergreen has the higher median household income ($148,665 vs $95,913 in Golden). Golden has the higher median home value ($790,500 vs $745,500 in Evergreen).

Population, income & housing

	Evergreen	Golden
Population	8,643	20,467
Median age	46.3 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$148,665	$95,913
Median home value	$745,500	$790,500
Median gross rent	$1,955	$1,854
Housing units	3,938	8,108
Homeownership rate	87.8%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.4%	59.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evergreen	Golden
Population	8,885 → 8,643 (-2.7%)	20,693 → 20,467 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$116,594 → $148,665 (+27.5%)	$72,349 → $95,913 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$484,500 → $745,500 (+53.9%)	$522,200 → $790,500 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,905 → $1,955 (+2.6%)	$1,386 → $1,854 (+33.8%)

Evergreen

Population

8,8858,643

Median household income

$116,594$148,665

Median home value

$484,500$745,500

Median gross rent

$1,905$1,955

Golden

Population

20,69320,467

Median household income

$72,349$95,913

Median home value

$522,200$790,500

Median gross rent

$1,386$1,854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evergreen	Golden
Under 5	3.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	20.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.0%
75 and over	8.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evergreen	Golden
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.8%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evergreen	Golden
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	8.8%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.6%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.8%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evergreen	Golden
Drove alone	61.3%	52.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	2.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	27.6%	28.3%
Other means	0.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evergreen	Golden
1-unit, detached	87.6%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Evergreen	Golden
Poverty rate	4.5%	13.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1977	1986