Evarts vs Harlan

A side-by-side comparison of Evarts and Harlan: population, income, housing, and more.

Evarts and Harlan are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harlan has the higher population (2,304 vs 804 in Evarts). Evarts has the higher median household income ($35,625 vs $30,365 in Harlan). Harlan has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $81,400 in Evarts).

Population, income & housing

	Evarts	Harlan
Population	804	2,304
Median age	40.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,625	$30,365
Median home value	$81,400	$112,500
Median gross rent	$652	$516
Housing units	282	1,178
Homeownership rate	68.8%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evarts	Harlan
Population	686 → 804 (+17.2%)	1,447 → 2,304 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$29,306 → $35,625 (+21.6%)	$24,432 → $30,365 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$61,100 → $81,400 (+33.2%)	$91,400 → $112,500 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$523 → $652 (+24.7%)	$391 → $516 (+32.0%)

Evarts

Population

686804

Median household income

$29,306$35,625

Median home value

$61,100$81,400

Median gross rent

$523$652

Harlan

Population

1,4472,304

Median household income

$24,432$30,365

Median home value

$91,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$391$516

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evarts	Harlan
Under 5	2.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	25.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	12.0%
75 and over	3.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evarts	Harlan
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	91.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evarts	Harlan
No high school diploma	28.2%	18.3%
High school graduate	30.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evarts	Harlan
Drove alone	82.0%	74.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	10.7%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.8%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evarts	Harlan
1-unit, detached	75.5%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	32.7%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Evarts	Harlan
Poverty rate	23.7%	32.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1976	1963