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%

Monument$4,280/mo

Typical home $748K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.58% · or rent about $1,929/mo · Housing →

Eagle$5,870/mo

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

The difference: $1,590 a month, about $19,100 a year, between Eagle and Monument.

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

Monument 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

C+MonumentSafer than 44% of U.S. towns A−EagleSafer than 76% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+MonumentBetter than 97% of districts in the state BEagleBetter than 56% of districts in the state

Health

AMonumentHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns AEagleHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns

12Monument

8Eagle

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 143 towns #122#10 Most remote workersWork · 148 towns #38#142 Lowest depressionHealth · 160 towns #138#37 Highest graduation rateSchools · 142 towns #4#80 Shortest commuteGetting around · 160 towns #126#45 Best schoolsSchools · 142 towns #13#75 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 160 towns #14#75 Fastest growingGrowth · 153 towns #5#49

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

MonumentEagle

Snow a year121″—

January low16°F —

July high83°F —

Growing season (days)138d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 88th

Outdoors & history

MonumentEagle

Trails5 mi 21 mi

Conserved land0.6%3.5%

Settled1872 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos30 11

Famous people born here5 1

Community

MonumentEagle

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

113 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MonumentCO EagleCO

Monument ↔ Eagle113 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

MonumentEagle

People

Population 11,735Highest 7,442Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +88%Highest CO: +14.8% +15.4%Lowest CO: +14.8%

Median age 38.3±3.1Lowest about the CO average 40.8±7.7Highest 8% above CO

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

Kids under 18 26.8%±4.5Highest CO: 21% 25.7%±6.5Lowest CO: 21%

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

Age 65+ 12.9%±3.3Lowest CO: 15.6% 17.5%±6.2Highest CO: 15.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 57.7%Highest CO: 45.7% 53%Lowest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.7%±2.4Highest CO: 6.4% 4.6%±3.6Lowest CO: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $128,816±$13kHighest 35% above CO $110,398±$12kLowest 16% above CO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $636,700±$42kLowest 18% above CO $695,100±$60kHighest 29% above CO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,929±$229Highest 10% above CO $1,820±$381Lowest 3% above CO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,667Lowest 41% above CO $3,768Highest 45% above CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.6%±22.9Lowest CO: 52.9% 70.1%±25.7Highest CO: 52.9%

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

Below poverty line 4.7%Lowest CO: 9.4% 6.8%Highest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.1%Highest CO: 66.2% 73.3%Lowest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2006Highest 18 yrs newer than CO 1999Lowest 11 yrs newer than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 14% above CO 21 minLowest 17% below CO

Work from home 25%±5.8Highest CO: 21% 3.6%±3Lowest CO: 21%

Work in townworking residents 6.4%Lowest 22.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.99Lowest 1.30Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Colorado Springs (46%)Avon (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EagleFew work in Monument

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 3.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.8 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 3.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 74.5Highest 52.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #13 of 142 in CO #75 of 142 in CO

School district Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the coEagle County School District No. Re 50

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.

Monument vs Eagle

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,590 more a month in Eagle

Monument places higher on 12 of 21 CO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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