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%

Edgewater$3,240/mo

Typical home $582K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.39% · or rent about $1,652/mo · Housing →

Avon$6,950/mo

Typical home $1.26M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.34% · or rent about $2,192/mo · Housing →

The difference: $3,710 a month, about $44,500 a year, between Avon and Edgewater.

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.

Life in each

Avon gets 114 more inches of snow a year

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

EdgewaterAvon

Snow a year76″189″

January low17°F 7°F

July high88°F 77°F

Growing season (days)151d 77d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th 42nd

Outdoors & history

EdgewaterAvon

Trails0 mi 14 mi

Conserved land3%45.4%

Archive photos4 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

EdgewaterAvon

Library hours a week—51 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.

Report cards

Edgewater places higher on 11 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

D−EdgewaterSafer than 1% of U.S. towns C−AvonSafer than 23% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−EdgewaterBetter than 78% of districts in the state BAvonBetter than 56% of districts in the state

Health

AEdgewaterHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns AAvonHealthier than 89% of U.S. towns

11Edgewater

9Avon

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 160 towns #1#149 Most conserved landOutdoors · 152 towns #112#3 Most remote workersWork · 148 towns #43#139 Lowest depressionHealth · 160 towns #112#11 Most new homesHousing · 92 towns #59#15 Cheapest rentCost of living · 153 towns #57#130 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 160 towns #17#90 Shortest commuteGetting around · 160 towns #117#46

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

Where they are

78 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EdgewaterCO AvonCO

Edgewater ↔ Avon78 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

EdgewaterAvon

People

Population 4,932Lowest 5,972Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.2%Highest CO: +14.8% -5.8%Lowest CO: +14.8%

Median age 34.3±3.9Lowest 9% below CO 35.6±3.1Highest 6% below CO

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

Kids under 18 13.2%±4.6Lowest CO: 21% 16%±5.5Highest CO: 21%

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

Age 65+ 6.7%±2.1Highest CO: 15.6% 5.6%±3.3Lowest CO: 15.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 46.6%Highest CO: 45.7% 38.8%Lowest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.1%±3.1Highest CO: 6.4% 4.6%±3.3Lowest CO: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $76,591±$8kLowest 20% below CO $89,027±$17kHighest 7% below CO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $636,900±$23kHighest 18% above CO $548,900±$201kLowest about the CO average

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,652±$120Lowest 6% below CO $2,192±$127Highest 24% above CO

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,485Highest 4% below CO $1,879Lowest 28% below CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.5%±18.8Lowest CO: 52.9% 71.7%±20.7Highest CO: 52.9%

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

Below poverty line 15.2%Highest CO: 9.4% 12.2%Lowest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 40.3%Lowest CO: 66.2% 47.7%Highest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Lowest 30 yrs older than CO 1990Highest 2 yrs newer than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 10% above CO 21 minLowest 17% below CO

Work from home 24%±7.6Highest CO: 21% 5%±4.2Lowest CO: 21%

Work in townworking residents 1.4%Lowest 17.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 9.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.67Lowest 3.02Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Denver (42%)Vail (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AvonFew work in Edgewater

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3%Lowest 45.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 13.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 1.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 188Highest 20.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #140 of 142 in CO #132 of 142 in CO

School district Jefferson County School District No. R-1Eagle County School District No. Re 50

High school in town Jefferson Junior/Senior High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 13.7 —

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.

Edgewater vs Avon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $3,710 more a month in Avon

Avon gets 114 more inches of snow a year

Edgewater places higher on 11 of 21 CO lists

78 miles apart

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