Evans City vs Mars

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

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

Evans City has the higher population (2,061 vs 1,255 in Mars). Evans City has the higher median household income ($72,414 vs $58,000 in Mars). Mars has the higher median home value ($286,200 vs $209,800 in Evans City).

Population, income & housing

	Evans City	Mars
Population	2,061	1,255
Median age	41.9 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,414	$58,000
Median home value	$209,800	$286,200
Median gross rent	$821	$884
Housing units	979	668
Homeownership rate	65.3%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evans City	Mars
Population	2,009 → 2,061 (+2.6%)	1,336 → 1,255 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$55,139 → $72,414 (+31.3%)	$45,100 → $58,000 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$160,600 → $209,800 (+30.6%)	$166,500 → $286,200 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $821 (+0.7%)	$685 → $884 (+29.1%)

Evans City

Population

2,0092,061

Median household income

$55,139$72,414

Median home value

$160,600$209,800

Median gross rent

$815$821

Mars

Population

1,3361,255

Median household income

$45,100$58,000

Median home value

$166,500$286,200

Median gross rent

$685$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evans City	Mars
Under 5	2.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	8.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	18.1%	6.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.9%
75 and over	5.2%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evans City	Mars
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evans City	Mars
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	30.5%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evans City	Mars
Drove alone	74.6%	86.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	3.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evans City	Mars
1-unit, detached	72.6%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	13.2%
20 or more units	3.1%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Evans City	Mars
Poverty rate	4.9%	12.3%
Average household size	2.30	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1951	1962