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%

Edwards$9,620/mo

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

Eagle$5,870/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

10Edwards

7Eagle

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

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

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

EdwardsEagle

Snow a year189″—

January low7°F —

July high77°F —

Growing season (days)77d —

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

Outdoors & history

EdwardsEagle

Trails33 mi 21 mi

Conserved land15.8%3.5%

Archive photos3 11

Famous people born here—1

Community

EdwardsEagle

Library hours a week—51 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.

EdwardsEagle

Edwards ↔ Eagle11 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

EdwardsEagle

People

Population 10,785Highest 7,442Lowest

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

Median age 39.8±3.3Lowest 6% above CO 40.8±7.7Highest 8% 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 21.1%±4.3Lowest CO: 21% 25.7%±6.5Highest CO: 21%

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

Age 65+ 12%±2.7Lowest CO: 15.6% 17.5%±6.2Highest 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+ 59.8%Highest CO: 45.7% 53%Lowest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±2.8Highest CO: 6.4% 4.6%±3.6Lowest 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 $81,909±$15kLowest 14% below CO $110,398±$12kHighest 16% above CO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $937,300±$204kHighest 74% above CO $695,100±$60kLowest 29% 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 $1,845±$75Highest 5% above CO $1,820±$381Lowest 3% 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 $3,347Lowest 29% above CO $3,768Highest 45% above CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 76.1%±17.3Highest CO: 52.9% 70.1%±25.7Lowest 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 12.5%Highest CO: 9.4% 6.8%Lowest CO: 9.4%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 17.6%Lowest 22.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 6% work in Eagle8% work in Edwards

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 15.8%Highest 3.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 32.6 miHighest 21.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.2 miLowest 3.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2 2

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

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #69 of 142 in CO #75 of 142 in CO

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

High school in town Battle Mountain High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 16.0 —

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

Deciding?

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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.

Edwards vs Eagle

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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