Best PlacesEagle, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eagle, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Eagle ranks 3,995th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eagle
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Eagle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eagle ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
Where Eagle ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,489 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eagle
A household needs to earn about $233,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eagle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $134,290, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Eagle's effective rate of 0.41%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eagle
Eagle runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eagle.
Who works in Eagle, and how
Work in Eagle centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Eagle
Eagle has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Eagle and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eagle, month by month
Eagle sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 21° | 11° |
| April | 61° | 44° | 30° |
| July | 88° | 70° | 52° |
| October | 64° | 45° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Eagle
The nearest airport, Eagle County Regional, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 115 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eagle
Schools across Eagle average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brush Creek Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Red Hill Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Eagle Valley Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eagle Valley Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Berry Creek Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Gypsum Creek Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- World Academy High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Battle Mountain High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Eagle Valley High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eagle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eagle measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Eagle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eagle
Is Eagle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eagle ranks 3,995th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and biking, and lowest on air quality and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eagle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $940,731. The overall cost of living runs about 26% above the national average. Set against a $134,290 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Eagle safe?
Eagle is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $486 per resident a year.
Compare Eagle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eagle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eagle represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Eagle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eagle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eagle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eagle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eagle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eagle detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.