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Avon vs Edwards

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: jobs per worker (4.3× in Avon) and property tax bill (+78% in Edwards).

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Avon, COHomes around $1.26MColorado · 5,972 people
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Edwards, COHomes around $1.74MColorado · 10,785 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

AvonHomes around $1.26M
Housing$1.26M typical home136% above the CO typical home Outdoors#3 most conserved land in CO14 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves HealthHealthier than 89%of U.S. towns on CDC estimates All about Avon →
EdwardsHomes around $1.74M
Housing$1.74M typical home226% above the CO typical home HealthHealthier than 96%of U.S. towns on CDC estimates Outdoors#37 most conserved land in CO33 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves All about Edwards →
The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Jobs per worker4.3×
Avon is more of a job hub
Avon 3.02Edwards 0.71
Property tax bill+78%
Tax bills are bigger in Edwards
Edwards $3,347Avon $1,879
Work from home+19 pts
More people work from home in Edwards
Edwards 24%Avon 5%
Growth since 2010+15.3 pts
Edwards has grown faster since 2010
Edwards +9.5%Avon -5.8%
Conserved land+29.6 pts
Avon has more conserved land
Avon 45.4%Edwards 15.8%
Trails2.4×
Edwards has more miles of trail
Edwards 32.6 miAvon 13.6 mi
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $2,670 more a month in Edwards

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Avon$6,950/mo
Typical home $1.26M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.34% · or rent about $2,192/mo · Housing →
Edwards$9,620/mo
Typical home $1.74M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.36% · or rent about $1,845/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,670 a month, about $32,000 a year, between Edwards and Avon.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Avon and Edwards share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

AvonEdwardsAvonEdwards
Avon ↔ Edwards5.9 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
666 Edwards residents work in Avon (14.3% of its workers)
126 Avon residents work in Edwards (6% of its workers)
Work & commute in Edwards →
Report cards

Edwards places higher on 12 of 20 CO lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Colorado ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety
C−AvonSafer than 23% of U.S. towns –EdwardsNot graded
Schools
BAvonBetter than 56% of districts in the state BEdwardsBetter than 56% of districts in the state
Health
AAvonHealthier than 89% of U.S. towns A+EdwardsHealthier than 96% of U.S. towns
7Avon
12Edwards

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most remote workersWork · 148 towns #139#42 Fastest growingGrowth · 153 towns #149#73 Best schoolsSchools · 142 towns #132#69 Most affordableCost of living · 158 towns #80#147 Lowest property taxCost of living · 158 towns #55#108 Most educatedPeople · 160 towns #89#41 Cheapest rentCost of living · 153 towns #130#88 Most activeHealth · 160 towns #91#51

Left end = #1 in Colorado. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Avon’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
AvonEdwards
Snow a year189″189″
January low7°F7°F
July high77°F77°F
Growing season (days)77d77d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)42nd54th
Outdoors & history
AvonEdwards
Trails14 mi33 mi
Conserved land45.4%15.8%
Archive photos—3
Community
AvonEdwards
Library hours a week51 hrs—
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined10

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

AvonEdwards
People
Population 5,972Lowest 10,785Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.8%Lowest CO: +14.8% +9.5%Highest CO: +14.8%
Median age 35.6±3.1Lowest 6% below CO 39.8±3.3Highest 6% above CO
Edwards and Avon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 16%±5.5Lowest CO: 21% 21.1%±4.3Highest CO: 21%
Edwards and Avon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 5.6%±3.3Lowest CO: 15.6% 12%±2.7Highest CO: 15.6%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 38.8%Lowest CO: 45.7% 59.8%Highest CO: 45.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±3.3Lowest CO: 6.4% 6.4%±2.8Highest CO: 6.4%
Edwards and Avon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $89,027±$17kHighest 7% below CO $81,909±$15kLowest 14% below CO
Avon and Edwards are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $548,900±$201kLowest about the CO average $937,300±$204kHighest 74% above CO
Edwards and Avon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,192±$127Highest 24% above CO $1,845±$75Lowest 5% above CO
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,879Lowest 28% below CO $3,347Highest 29% above CO
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 71.7%±20.7Lowest CO: 52.9% 76.1%±17.3Highest CO: 52.9%
Edwards and Avon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 12.2%Lowest CO: 9.4% 12.5%Highest CO: 9.4%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 47.7%Lowest CO: 66.2% 63.4%Highest CO: 66.2%
Typical home builtmedian year 1990Lowest 2 yrs newer than CO 1996Highest 8 yrs newer than CO
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 17% below CO 17 minLowest 31% below CO
Work from home 5%±4.2Lowest CO: 21% 24%±7.2Highest CO: 21%
Work in townworking residents 17.7%Highest 17.6%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miLowest 10.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 3.02Highest 0.71Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Vail (14%)Vail (15%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 6% work in Edwards14% work in Avon
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 45.4%Highest 15.8%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 13.6 miLowest 32.6 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.6 miHighest 1.2 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 20.8Highest 17.2Lowest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #132 of 142 in CO#69 of 142 in CO
School district Eagle County School District No. Re 50Eagle County School District No. Re 50
High school in town None in townBattle Mountain High School
Students per teacherat that high school — 16.0
Colorado average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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