Evergreen vs Whitefish

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

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

Evergreen has the higher population (8,908 vs 8,422 in Whitefish). Evergreen has the higher median household income ($73,015 vs $71,110 in Whitefish). Whitefish has the higher median home value ($648,200 vs $271,700 in Evergreen).

Population, income & housing

	Evergreen	Whitefish
Population	8,908	8,422
Median age	38.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,015	$71,110
Median home value	$271,700	$648,200
Median gross rent	$1,140	$1,313
Housing units	3,235	5,079
Homeownership rate	72.8%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	56.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evergreen	Whitefish
Population	8,002 → 8,908 (+11.3%)	7,714 → 8,422 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$50,488 → $73,015 (+44.6%)	$52,037 → $71,110 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$192,400 → $271,700 (+41.2%)	$364,500 → $648,200 (+77.8%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,140 (+15.9%)	$1,014 → $1,313 (+29.5%)

Evergreen

Population

8,0028,908

Median household income

$50,488$73,015

Median home value

$192,400$271,700

Median gross rent

$984$1,140

Whitefish

Population

7,7148,422

Median household income

$52,037$71,110

Median home value

$364,500$648,200

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evergreen	Whitefish
Under 5	5.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	13.8%
75 and over	5.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evergreen	Whitefish
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evergreen	Whitefish
No high school diploma	9.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	37.3%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evergreen	Whitefish
Drove alone	78.9%	66.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.7%
Worked from home	5.6%	22.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evergreen	Whitefish
1-unit, detached	54.7%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	38.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Evergreen	Whitefish
Poverty rate	11.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1979	1987