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Place dossier plate
SheetCO-EAGLE-CO · Eagle, CO 7,479 pop · income 80th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Eagle
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Eagle on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pocahontas · lowest
42,829
Pocahontas · lowest
42,829 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #1
Overland Park · near
103,838
Overland Park · near
103,838 median HH income
60.3% of the leader · rank #2
Chino · near
103,845
Chino · near
103,845 median HH income
60.3% of the leader · rank #3
Eagle · this city
103,850
Eagle · this city
103,850 median HH income
60.3% of the leader · rank #4
Goodrich · near
103,864
Goodrich · near
103,864 median HH income
60.3% of the leader · rank #5
Cavetown · near
103,866
Cavetown · near
103,866 median HH income
60.3% of the leader · rank #6
Timnath · highest
172,206
Timnath · highest
172,206 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Eagle on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 7,479.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Eagle - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Eagle lands in the 80th percentile for household income and the 83rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
80th
percentile, household income
93rd
percentile, home value
68th
percentile, median rent
83rd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Eagle, CO
Eagle is a small town in Colorado, home to 7,479 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Eagle households earn a median of $103,850 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.7%. Typical homes in Eagle are valued around $693,600, and the median resident age is 36.0 years. 51.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 73.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 17 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 74% from five years earlier. Eagle reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 543.9 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Colorado carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,429 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Colorado's average monthly utility costs around $202 (state average). Workers in Eagle report an average commute of 20.1 minutes, with 84.8% driving alone and 6.5% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 40.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Eagle's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to reported crime to population change to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Eagle, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Eagle?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 51.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 84.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 20.1 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Which cities make useful reference points for Eagle?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Colorado, the closest population matches are Lamar (7,629 residents, $58,487 income); La Junta (7,211 residents, $54,253 income); Woodland Park (7,909 residents, $96,896 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Mechanicstown, NY (7,479 residents); Inverness Highlands South, FL (7,478 residents); Hitchcock, TX (7,480 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Eagle?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 543.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 76% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Eagle growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -229 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 17 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
2020 estimate
7,509
2025 estimate
7,280
Period change
-3.0%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
How far does income reach against housing in Eagle?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
6.7×
Home value
$693,600
Household income
$103,850
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Colorado average
B-
City profile score · Eagle, CO
66/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A
51.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$103,850
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime B+
68 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate C+
5.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Eagle profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 85/100 (A) · 51.9%
Household income: 79/100 (B+) · $103,850
Violent crime: 79/100 (B+) · 68 /100k
Poverty rate: 61/100 (C+) · 5.7%
Cost of living: 26/100 (F) · 103.1 index
Where Eagle sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Eagle's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Eagle highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Eagle, CO (this city): home $693,600, crime 544/100k
Hitchcock, TX : home $159,500, crime 2,103/100k
Pocahontas, AR : home $107,500, crime 3,130/100k
Lamar, CO : home $137,100, crime 522/100k
La Junta, CO : home $180,700, crime 7,505/100k
Woodland Park, CO : home $489,400, crime 1,311/100k
Timnath, CO : home $717,300, crime 938/100k
Aspen, CO : home $1,375,000, crime 3,144/100k
How does Eagle compare to other US cities?
Here's how Eagle stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income80% higher than other cities
Home value93% pricier than other cities
Median rent68% pricier than other cities
Safety83% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Colorado, Eagle ranks #16 of 116 Colorado cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Eagle against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Colorado only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Colorado-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Eagle near the bottom of Colorado's cities
Among the 408 Colorado cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Eagle ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Eagle only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#111 of 379
71st percentile in Colorado
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 408
0th percentile in Colorado
Median Home Value
#79 of 388
80th percentile in Colorado
Poverty Rate
#179 of 408
56th percentile in Colorado
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#117 of 408
71st percentile in Colorado
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Colorado only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
80th percentile nationally for median household income · 83rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Eagle's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Eagle's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Eagle's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$693,6007th percentilemore affordable than 7% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Eagle's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,516 of 15,516
More affordable than 6% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,710 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 6.7×, Eagle sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,516 of 15,516 and #10,710 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$103,850Eagle, CO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Eagle, CO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Eagle, CO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)51.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,479
Median Income
$103,850
Median Home Value
$693,600
Median Age
36.0
Poverty Rate
5.7%
Labor force participation
73.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
51.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
543.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
68.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
475.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Eagle's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
7,509 residents
2021
7,539 residents
2022
7,405 residents
2023
7,406 residents
2024
7,388 residents
2025
7,280 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
17
housing units authorized
Single-Family
17
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
65
19
46
$12.7M
2020
78
11
67
$18.3M
2021
16
16
0
$14.1M
2022
56
18
38
$27.5M
2023
310
24
286
$80.9M
2024
17
17
0
$27.9M
Permit volume decreased 74% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
20.1 minutes
Drive Alone
84.8%
Carpool
4.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
4.1%
Work from Home
6.5%
Based on 4,037 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Colorado statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $202
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Colorado at $202 (electricity about $90 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Colorado statewide averages, not a meter reading for Eagle. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Colorado's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.1 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Eagle is $1,429/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Colorado statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 40.7 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Colorado statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Eagle sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Eagle compares to similar-size Colorado cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.