Evarts, KY
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+43.1 |
| 2012 | R+65.9 |
| 2016 | R+76.4 |
| 2020 | R+73.8 |
| 2024 | R+80.8 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
| Population | 648 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+80.8 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $34,007 |
| County | Harlan County |
| State | KY |
Place narrative
Evarts sits in the steep hollows of southeastern Kentucky's Harlan County, a historically union-organized mining community that has shifted sharply toward Republican margins as coal employment collapsed over recent decades.
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −80.8% | 29 | 281 | 2 | 312 |
| 2020 | R | −73.8% | 40 | 274 | 3 | 317 |
| 2016 | R | −76.4% | 32 | 262 | 7 | 301 |
| 2012 | R | −65.9% | 50 | 253 | 5 | 308 |
| 2008 | R | −43.1% | 71 | 183 | 6 | 260 |
| 2004† | R | −18.1% | 119 | 172 | 1 | 292 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 98.8% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $34,007 |
| Poverty rate | 35.4% |
| Median age | 40.4 |
| Age 18–29 | 5.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 11.6% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 10.9% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.0% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Harlan County county page and the KY state page.