The majority of the working residents commute to the Denver region. Evergreen is an unincorporated community in the mountain area of Jefferson County with a population of about 36,500. There are about 14,000 households. Estimates put the population by 2003 at 38,000. The Evergreen area is considered to be a five mile radius around Evergreen Lake by many, while others consider Evergreen to encompass a 130 square mile area starting at Mt. Evans and heading east through and around, downtown Evergreen.
Evergreen Lake is a man made lake that is located at the west end of main street Evergreen.
The lake gets its water from Bear Creek and has a scenic dam overflow. The creek then flows through downtown Evergreen. The elevation of downtown Evergreen is 7,014 above sea level. The majority of the homes in Evergreen were built in the 1970's. Very few homes were built during the 1980's because Colorado had very bad economic conditions.