Evans vs Severance

A side-by-side comparison of Evans and Severance: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Evans has the higher population (22,265 vs 9,302 in Severance). Severance has the higher median household income ($127,257 vs $72,926 in Evans). Severance has the higher median home value ($493,800 vs $326,300 in Evans).

Population, income & housing

	Evans	Severance
Population	22,265	9,302
Median age	29.5 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,926	$127,257
Median home value	$326,300	$493,800
Median gross rent	$1,497	$2,108
Housing units	7,211	3,190
Homeownership rate	69.7%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evans	Severance
Population	20,533 → 22,265 (+8.4%)	4,745 → 9,302 (+96.0%)
Median household income	$59,527 → $72,926 (+22.5%)	$106,141 → $127,257 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$223,500 → $326,300 (+46.0%)	$362,500 → $493,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,223 → $1,497 (+22.4%)	$1,163 → $2,108 (+81.3%)

Evans

Population

20,53322,265

Median household income

$59,527$72,926

Median home value

$223,500$326,300

Median gross rent

$1,223$1,497

Severance

Population

4,7459,302

Median household income

$106,141$127,257

Median home value

$362,500$493,800

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evans	Severance
Under 5	7.1%	10.6%
5 to 17	22.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	13.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	18.7%
45 to 54	9.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	7.9%	7.4%
65 to 74	4.9%	6.3%
75 and over	3.1%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evans	Severance
White (non-Hispanic)	44.9%	72.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	48.2%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evans	Severance
No high school diploma	18.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	30.7%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evans	Severance
Drove alone	79.8%	67.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	21.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evans	Severance
1-unit, detached	64.2%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	1.2%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Evans	Severance
Poverty rate	14.2%	3.3%
Average household size	3.21	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	2002	2012