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.

Down paymentRate%

Eagle$5,870/mo

Typical home $1.03M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.54% · or rent about $1,820/mo · Housing →

Edwards$9,620/mo

Typical home $1.74M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.36% · or rent about $1,845/mo · Housing →

The difference: $3,740 a month, about $44,900 a year, between Edwards and Eagle.

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.

Report cards

Edwards places higher on 10 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

A−EagleSafer than 76% of U.S. towns –EdwardsNot graded

Schools

BEagleBetter than 56% of districts in the state BEdwardsBetter than 56% of districts in the state

Health

AEagleHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns A+EdwardsHealthier than 96% of U.S. towns

7Eagle

10Edwards

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

Most remote workersWork · 148 towns #142#42 Most trailsOutdoors · 143 towns #10#87 Most conserved landOutdoors · 152 towns #108#37 Highest incomeIncome · 160 towns #55#107 Most walkableOutdoors · 160 towns #114#153 Lowest depressionHealth · 160 towns #37#1 Most affordableCost of living · 158 towns #117#147 Fastest growingGrowth · 153 towns #49#73

Left end = #1 in Colorado. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Eagle’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

EagleEdwards

Snow a year—189″

January low—7°F

July high—77°F

Growing season (days)—77d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)88th 54th

Outdoors & history

EagleEdwards

Trails21 mi 33 mi

Conserved land3.5%15.8%

Archive photos11 3

Famous people born here1 —

Community

EagleEdwards

Library hours a week51 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

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.

Where they are

11 miles apart

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

EagleEdwards

Eagle ↔ Edwards11 miles apart

Who commutes between them

299 Edwards residents work in Eagle (6.4% of its workers)

224 Eagle residents work in Edwards (7.7% of its workers)

Work & commute in Edwards →

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.

Only big differences vs Colorado average

EagleEdwards

People

Population 7,442Lowest 10,785Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +15.4%Highest CO: +14.8% +9.5%Lowest CO: +14.8%

Median age 40.8±7.7Highest 8% above CO 39.8±3.3Lowest 6% above CO

Eagle and Edwards are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.7%±6.5Highest CO: 21% 21.1%±4.3Lowest CO: 21%

Eagle and Edwards are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 17.5%±6.2Highest CO: 15.6% 12%±2.7Lowest CO: 15.6%

Eagle and Edwards are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 53%Lowest CO: 45.7% 59.8%Highest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±3.6Lowest CO: 6.4% 6.4%±2.8Highest CO: 6.4%

Edwards and Eagle are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $110,398±$12kHighest 16% above CO $81,909±$15kLowest 14% below CO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $695,100±$60kLowest 29% above CO $937,300±$204kHighest 74% above CO

Edwards and Eagle are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,820±$381Lowest 3% above CO $1,845±$75Highest 5% above CO

Edwards and Eagle are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,768Highest 45% above CO $3,347Lowest 29% above CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 70.1%±25.7Lowest CO: 52.9% 76.1%±17.3Highest CO: 52.9%

Edwards and Eagle are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 6.8%Lowest CO: 9.4% 12.5%Highest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.3%Highest CO: 66.2% 63.4%Lowest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1999Highest 11 yrs newer than CO 1996Lowest 8 yrs newer than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 17% below CO 17 minLowest 31% below CO

Work from home 3.6%±3Lowest CO: 21% 24%±7.2Highest CO: 21%

Work in townworking residents 22.4%Highest 17.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.30Highest 0.71Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Avon (11%)Vail (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 8% work in Edwards6% work in Eagle

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.5%Lowest 15.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 21.3 miLowest 32.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 3.7 miHighest 1.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2 2

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 52.9Highest 17.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #75 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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Eagle vs Edwards

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $3,740 more a month in Edwards

Edwards places higher on 10 of 20 CO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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