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Evansville vs Palm Springs

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights the two cities tie at 60. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 2.8 of 60 points (scores 25/100)Safety: 5.7 of 60 points (scores 51/100)Healthcare: 9.5 of 60 points (scores 85/100)Internet: 9.7 of 60 points (scores 87/100)Visa ease: 6.8 of 60 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 0.7 of 60 points (scores 6/100)Climate: 4.6 of 60 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 10.0 of 60 points (scores 90/100)Quality of life: 10.6 of 60 points (scores 96/100)60
Evansville
out of 100

Low-cost river city on the Ohio at Indiana's southern tip

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Cost of living: 2.0 of 60 points (scores 18/100)Safety: 5.7 of 60 points (scores 51/100)Healthcare: 9.5 of 60 points (scores 85/100)Internet: 9.4 of 60 points (scores 85/100)Visa ease: 6.8 of 60 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 1.0 of 60 points (scores 9/100)Climate: 4.6 of 60 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 10.0 of 60 points (scores 90/100)Quality of life: 10.6 of 60 points (scores 96/100)60
Palm Springs
out of 100

Mid-century modern desert resort with perfect winters and furnace summers

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Where they differ

  • Cost of living. Evansville leads on cost of living, 25 to 18, against Palm Springs. Monthly cost, one person: $2,746 vs $3,193.

Where they are close. Within five points on getting there & around, internet, air quality, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, quality of life.

Pick Evansville if you want

  • to spend about $447 less a month

Pick Palm Springs if you want

  • no clear edge over Evansville in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricEvansvillePalm Springs
Cost of living25 ✓18
Safety5151
Healthcare8585
Internet87 ✓85
Visa ease6161
Getting there & around69 ✓
Climate4242
Air quality90 ✓90
Quality of life9696

Cost

MetricEvansvillePalm Springs
Monthly cost, one person$2,746 ✓$3,193
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricEvansvillePalm Springs
Homicides per 100k5.765.76
Political stability (0–100)60.360.3
UHC service coverage (0–100)8888
Life expectancy78.5 yrs78.5 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricEvansvillePalm Springs
Download115.3 Mbps ✓112.6 Mbps
Upload19 Mbps ✓11.4 Mbps

Visa

MetricEvansvillePalm Springs
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passporthome countryhome country
Entry, EU passporteTA required (online, before travel)eTA required (online, before travel)
Entry, UK passporteTA required (online, before travel)eTA required (online, before travel)

Getting there and around

MetricEvansvillePalm Springs
Non-stop airport destinations829 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)22
Transit (1–5, editorial)11

Climate and air

MetricEvansvillePalm Springs
Comfortable months per year55
Annual mean PM2.59.4 µg/m³ ✓9.6 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Evansville or Palm Springs?
Evansville is cheaper: about $2,746 per month versus $3,193 for one person.
Is Evansville or Palm Springs safer?
Evansville and Palm Springs score the same on safety (51), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Evansville or Palm Springs?
Evansville: a measured median of 115.3 Mbps versus 112.6 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); Regional Price Parities by metropolitan area, 2024 (all items); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.