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 →

Silverthorne$4,600/mo

Typical home $830K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.35% · or rent about $2,081/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,270 a month, about $15,300 a year, between Eagle and Silverthorne.

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

Eagle places higher on 12 of 21 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 C+SilverthorneSafer than 39% of U.S. towns

Schools

BEagleBetter than 56% of districts in the state B+SilverthorneBetter than 71% of districts in the state

Health

AEagleHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns ASilverthorneHealthier than 92% of U.S. towns

12Eagle

7Silverthorne

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 142 towns #75#139 Lowest property taxCost of living · 158 towns #119#68 SafestSafety · 83 towns #10#35 Highest graduation rateSchools · 142 towns #80#46 Lowest obesityHealth · 160 towns #36#72 Most new homesHousing · 92 towns #22#3 Cheapest rentCost of living · 153 towns #82#112 Shortest commuteGetting around · 160 towns #45#75

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

EagleSilverthorne

Snow a year—116″

January low—2°F

July high—75°F

Growing season (days)—41d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)88th 81st

Outdoors & history

EagleSilverthorne

Trails21 mi 15 mi

Conserved land3.5%2%

Archive photos11 24

Famous people born here1 4

Community

EagleSilverthorne

Library hours a week51 hrs 52 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

39 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EagleCO SilverthorneCO

Eagle ↔ Silverthorne39 miles apart

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

EagleSilverthorne

People

Population 7,442Highest 4,815Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +15.4%Highest CO: +14.8% +13.2%Lowest CO: +14.8%

Median age 40.8±7.7Lowest 8% above CO 41.4±9.4Highest 10% above CO

Silverthorne and Eagle 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% 21.7%±7.6Lowest CO: 21%

Eagle and Silverthorne 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% 14.3%±5.1Lowest CO: 15.6%

Eagle and Silverthorne 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% 56.2%Highest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±3.6Lowest CO: 6.4% 6.5%±5.9Highest CO: 6.4%

Silverthorne 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±$12kLowest 16% above CO $125,478±$36kHighest 31% above CO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $695,100±$60kLowest 29% above CO $700,800±$250kHighest 30% above CO

Silverthorne 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 $2,081±$428Highest 18% above CO

Silverthorne 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 $2,474Lowest 5% below CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 70.1%±25.7Lowest CO: 52.9% 83.1%±29.3Highest CO: 52.9%

Silverthorne 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% 12.1%Highest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.3%Lowest CO: 66.2% 79.9%Highest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1999Highest 11 yrs newer than CO 1998Lowest 10 yrs newer than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 17% below CO 24 minHighest 4% below CO

Work from home 3.6%±3Lowest CO: 21% 29.8%±14.3Highest CO: 21%

Work in townworking residents 22.4%Highest 13.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.30Highest 1.08Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Avon (11%)Denver (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SilverthorneFew work in Eagle

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.5%Highest 2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 21.3 miHighest 14.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 3.7 miHighest 3.6 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2 2

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 52.9Lowest 63.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #75 of 142 in CO #139 of 142 in CO

School district Eagle County School District No. Re 50Summit School District No. Re 1

High school in town None in townNone in town

Colorado average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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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 Silverthorne

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,270 more a month in Eagle

Eagle places higher on 12 of 21 CO lists

What daily life feels like in each

39 miles apart

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