Work & commute · Eagle

Work & commute in Eagle, CO

About one in 5 of Eagle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Avon (11%), Vail (10%) and Edwards (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

652 of 2,912 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,260 Eagle residents head out of town to work, 652 work right here, and 3,138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle.

2,260live here, work elsewhere

652live and work here

3,138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagle goes to work

Eagle (in town)right here

22%652

Avon16.3 mi away

11%319

Vail24.4 mi away

10%303

Edwards10.9 mi away

8%224

Denver103.5 mi away

6%178

Gypsum7.4 mi away

5%152

Breckenridge42.6 mi away

2%47

Glenwood Springs28.6 mi away

1%39

Lakewood90.7 mi away

1%38

Boulder87.4 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%927

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Eagle commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

30%

35%

27%

30%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagle are

3,790 jobs are based in Eagle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eagle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eagle

3,790 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Eagle residents hold

2,912 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+88%

Jobs based in Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 2,021 → 3,790. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.