Evansville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 5,820 people and two associated neighborhoods, Evansville is the 146th largest community in Wisconsin. Evansville has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Also of interest is that Evansville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.66% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Evansville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Evansville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Evansville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Evansville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Evansville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.32% of adults in Evansville have a college degree.
The per capita income in Evansville in 2022 was $38,646, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,584 for a family of four.
The people who call Evansville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Evansville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Evansville include German, Irish, Swiss, Norwegian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Evansville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.