54,330 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.4% since 2020)
1,684 square miles of land · 32 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
23 active community water systems list Eagle County in the area they serve, reporting 90,031 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| EAGLE RIVER WSD surface water · local government · CO0119802 | 51,515 served |
| GYPSUM TOWN OF surface water · local government · CO0119329 | 15,272 served |
| EAGLE TOWN OF surface water · local government · CO0119233 | 7,511 served |
| MID VALLEY MD groundwater · local government · CO0119508 | 4,588 served |
| BASALT TOWN OF groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · CO0119134 | 2,357 served |
| EL JEBEL MHP groundwater (surface-influenced) · private · CO0119246 | 1,962 served |
| EAGLE RIVER VILLAGE MHP groundwater · private · CO0119234 | 1,500 served |
| MINTURN TOWN OF surface water · local government · CO0119510 | 1,200 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 54 people were held in Eagle County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 38.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Eagle County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $132.3 million — $107.1 million to run schools, about $16,183 per student, plus $15.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $95.4 million local (mostly property tax), $29.1 million state, $9 million federal. Long-term debt: $217.9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Eagle County about $48.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
173 bridges in Eagle County: 72 in good condition, 88 fair, and 13 poor (7.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| I 70 ML WBND over US 6 RR EAGLE RIVER · built 1971 | 14,500 vehicles a day |
| I 70 WBND over TIMBER CREEK · built 1977 | 10,000 vehicles a day |
| I 70 ML WBND over BLACK GORE CREEK · built 1977 | 10,000 vehicles a day |
| I 70 ML EBND over POLK CREEK · built 1978 | 10,000 vehicles a day |
| I 70 ML EBND over COLORADO RIVER · built 1980 | 8,500 vehicles a day |
| I 70 ML WBND over COLORADO RIVER · built 1980 | 8,500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $41.8 million of work in Eagle County in fiscal 2025, about $751 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Ballots mailed to voters: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-09. Drop boxes open: 2026-10-12. In-person voting at voter centers: 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-03. Last day to register and still get a ballot by mail: 2026-10-26. Last suggested day to mail your ballot back: 2026-10-26. Election Day: 2026-11-03. Last day to fix a signature problem: 2026-11-12.
Source: Colorado Secretary of State, Oct. 2, 2026 · Colorado Secretary of State, Sept. 23, 2026 · Colorado Secretary of State — Election Day FAQs
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Nearby counties: Summit County (30 mi) · Pitkin County (31 mi) · Lake County (34 mi) · Grand County (46 mi) · Clear Creek County (55 mi) · Routt County (61 mi).