Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Colorado ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

DGreeleySafer than 8% of U.S. towns CEvansSafer than 25% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−GreeleyBetter than 50% of districts in the state CEvansBetter than 33% of districts in the state

Health

B−GreeleyHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns B−EvansHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns

9Greeley

10Evans

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 54 towns #44#19 Most new homesHousing · 92 towns #32#73 SafestSafety · 83 towns #68#47 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 160 towns #14#41 Most trailsOutdoors · 143 towns #103#80 Shortest commuteGetting around · 160 towns #76#95 Most educatedPeople · 160 towns #115#133 Most conserved landOutdoors · 152 towns #79#93

Left end = #1 in Colorado. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Greeley’s rankings →

Where they are

Greeley and Evans share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

GreeleyEvans

Greeley ↔ Evans4.6 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

3,120 Evans residents work in Greeley (28.5% of its workers)

917 Greeley residents work in Evans (1.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Evans →

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Greeley$2,330/mo

Typical home $415K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.46% · or rent about $1,388/mo · Housing →

Evans$2,210/mo

Typical home $392K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.48% · or rent about $1,582/mo · Housing →

The difference: $130 a month, about $1,500 a year, between Greeley and Evans.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

GreeleyEvans

Snow a year33″33″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)32nd 43rd

Outdoors & history

GreeleyEvans

Trails51 mi 14 mi

Conserved land6.5%4.7%

Settled1869 1867

National Register places16 —

Archive photos18 3

Community

GreeleyEvans

Library hours a week62 hrs 62 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Colorado average

GreeleyEvans

People

Population 110,806Highest 22,396Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +17.1%Lowest CO: +14.8% +19.6%Highest CO: +14.8%

Median age 32.5±0.7Highest 14% below CO 30.8±1.4Lowest 18% below CO

Greeley and Evans are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25%±1.1Lowest CO: 21% 26.8%±3.3Highest CO: 21%

Evans and Greeley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 13.7%±0.8Highest CO: 15.6% 8.6%±1.3Lowest CO: 15.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.8%Highest CO: 45.7% 21.2%Lowest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.3%±0.7Lowest CO: 6.4% 9.5%±1.9Highest CO: 6.4%

Evans and Greeley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $69,881±$3kLowest 27% below CO $75,563±$7kHighest 21% below CO

Evans and Greeley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $402,500±$8kHighest 25% below CO $351,000±$13kLowest 35% below CO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,388±$46Lowest 21% below CO $1,582±$132Highest 10% below CO

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,832Highest 30% below CO $1,677Lowest 36% below CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 59.9%±4.4Highest CO: 52.9% 50.9%±9Lowest CO: 52.9%

Greeley and Evans are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 15.1%Highest CO: 9.4% 13.5%Lowest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.9%Lowest CO: 66.2% 68.1%Highest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Lowest 3 yrs older than CO 2003Highest 15 yrs newer than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 4% below CO 26 minHighest about the CO average

Work from home 8.9%±1Lowest CO: 21% 9.1%±2Highest CO: 21%

Evans and Greeley are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 32.5%Highest 3.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 17.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.82Highest 0.30Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Denver (8%)Greeley (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Evans29% work in Greeley

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.5%Highest 4.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 50.9 miHighest 14.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 48Highest 8Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 60.4Highest 59.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #114 of 142 in CO #118 of 142 in CO

School district Division of Youth Services · GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and StaGreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta

High school in town Greeley West High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 21.1 —

Colorado average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Greeley vs Evans

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Evans places higher on 10 of 23 CO lists

Greeley and Evans share a border

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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