evergreen's community

^{We're currently experiencing and affordable housing crisis}

^{Current housing is hovering around 2% vacancy rate – healthy rate is 5-6%}
^{Vancouver named top city for fastest rising rents in the nation}
^{Median rent 1-br apt. $1,050}
^{17,690 very-low income households}
^{4-person household earns less than $37,000/year}
^{78% are renters}
^{50% spend more than half of their income on housing}

^{Where in the world is Evergreen?}

^{Perhaps one of the best kept secrets in Washington, Evergreen Public Schools is not named after a city. Nor is it that school district up near Seattle. It's in Vancouver, and not BC. Serving just under 27,000 students, the district is the fifth largest in the state, employing around 4,000 educators and support staff whose sole purpose is to help kids get smarter and be ready to take advantage of the opportunities they'll be presented for college and career.}

^{Population – 174,826 (July 2016)}

^{7.6% increase from 6 years prior}

^{July 2016 Census}

^{80% White}
^{12.4% Hispanic}
^{8.6% Asian}
^{4.6% 2+ races}
^{4.1% Black}

^{66,417 households}

^{Median income} ^{$50,626 (2015)}
^{Half are renters}

THEN AND NOW: OUR CHANGING COMMUNITY

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_{Students: 23,369}
_{F&R: 34.4%}
_{ELL: 1,309}
_{Homeless: ---}
_{White: 19,279}
_{Hispanic: 1,192}
_{Asian: 1,706}
_{Black: 981}
_{4-Yr. Grad rate: 65.5%}

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_{Students: 26,178}
_{F&R: 45.9%}
_{ELL: 3,547}
_{Homeless: 1,074}
_{White: 15,327}
_{Hispanic: 5,677}
_{Asian: 1,665}
_{Black: 726}
_{4-Yr. Grad rate: 82.5%}

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evergreen's community

We're currently experiencing and affordable housing crisis​

Where in the world is Evergreen?

Population – 174,826 (July 2016)​