Evadale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jasper County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,246 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Evadale is located in southern Jasper County and is bordered to the west by the Neches River, which forms the Hardin County line.
U.S. Route 96 passes through the community, leading northeast to Buna and west to Silsbee. Farther afield, Jasper is north via US-96, and Beaumont is to the southwest.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Evadale CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 3.78%, are water.
Demographics
Evadale was first listed as a census designated place in the 1980 United States census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1,398
|1,434
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,135
|97.76%
|96.70%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |91.09%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.00%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.48%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|1
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.07%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.32%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.40%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|5
|12
|style='background: #ffffe6; |48
|0.35%
|0.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.85%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|26
|33
|style='background: #ffffe6; |48
|1.82%
|2.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.85%
|-
|Total
|1,430
|1,483
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,246
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,246 people, 555 households, and 374 families residing in the CDP.
As of the census
Evadale ISD is home to the Evadale High School Rebels. The Evadale district made news in June 2015 for refusing to change their Confederate Flag-inspired crest despite pressure to do so.