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%

Rifle$2,780/mo

Typical home $502K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.35% · or rent about $1,308/mo · Housing →

Evans$2,210/mo

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

The difference: $570 a month, about $6,900 a year, between Rifle 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.

Report cards

Rifle places higher on 13 of 22 CO lists

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

C+RifleSafer than 40% of U.S. towns CEvansSafer than 25% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

B+RifleHealthier than 75% of U.S. towns B−EvansHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns

13Rifle

9Evans

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 142 towns #23#112 Lowest obesityHealth · 160 towns #57#153 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 160 towns #136#41 Shortest commuteGetting around · 160 towns #135#95 Lowest depressionHealth · 160 towns #37#76 Most trailsOutdoors · 143 towns #108#80 HealthiestHealth · 160 towns #107#138 Most activeHealth · 160 towns #101#131

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

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

RifleEvans

Snow a year27″33″

January low10°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)124d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)42nd 43rd

Outdoors & history

RifleEvans

Trails7 mi 14 mi

Conserved land3.1%4.7%

Settled1882 1867

National Register places2 —

Archive photos—3

Community

RifleEvans

Library hours a week54 hrs 62 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 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.

Where they are

170 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RifleCO EvansCO

Rifle ↔ Evans170 miles apart

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

RifleEvans

People

Population 10,570Lowest 22,396Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.8%Lowest CO: +14.8% +19.6%Highest CO: +14.8%

Median age 32.4±2.4Highest 14% below CO 30.8±1.4Lowest 18% below CO

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

Kids under 18 27.5%±5.3Highest CO: 21% 26.8%±3.3Lowest CO: 21%

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

Age 65+ 9.6%±2.3Highest CO: 15.6% 8.6%±1.3Lowest CO: 15.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.4%Lowest CO: 45.7% 21.2%Highest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.8%±2Lowest CO: 6.4% 9.5%±1.9Highest CO: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $80,000±$9kHighest 16% below CO $75,563±$7kLowest 21% below CO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $413,500±$24kHighest 23% below CO $351,000±$13kLowest 35% below CO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,308±$145Lowest 26% below CO $1,582±$132Highest 10% below CO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,448Lowest 44% below CO $1,677Highest 36% below CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39.3%±16.4Lowest CO: 52.9% 50.9%±9Highest CO: 52.9%

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

Below poverty line 6%Lowest CO: 9.4% 13.5%Highest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 66.4%Lowest CO: 66.2% 68.1%Highest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Lowest 3 yrs newer than CO 2003Highest 15 yrs newer than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 19% above CO 26 minLowest about the CO average

Work from home 6.8%±2.9Lowest CO: 21% 9.1%±2Highest CO: 21%

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

Work in townworking residents 16.4%Highest 3.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.8 miHighest 17.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.58Highest 0.30Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Glenwood Springs (18%)Greeley (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EvansFew work in Rifle

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.1%Lowest 4.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 6.8 miLowest 14.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 47.7Lowest 59.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #117 of 142 in CO #118 of 142 in CO

School district Garfield School District No. Re-2GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta

High school in town Rifle High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 20.2 —

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.

Rifle vs Evans

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $570 more a month in Rifle

Rifle places higher on 13 of 22 CO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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