Eagle County, Colorado

County Distress Index: Healthy · 33.7 | 54,381 people · 51st most distressed in Colorado

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Eagle County, CO ranks among the least distressed counties in the country at 33.7 — 2718th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Housing Cost Burden, where a large share of households spend more than 30% of income on housing. Within Colorado, it ranks 51st of 64 counties. Among its 6 neighboring counties, 4 show less distress.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Eagle County's primary driver is Housing Cost Burden at 87.8 — worse than roughly 88% of U.S. counties.

Housing Cost Burden Primary driver 87.8
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 99
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 97
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 81
Homeownership Rate 78
Rent-to-Income Ratio 84
Employment & Wages 38.6
Unemployment Rate 16
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 98
Business Formation Rate 2
Community Vulnerability 32.9
Uninsured Rate 66
Disability Rate 0
Debt & Delinquency 5.8
Debt in Collections 2
Medical Debt 7
Student Loan Delinquency 6
Auto Loan Delinquency 5
Credit Card Delinquency 7
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 8
Income & Poverty 3.4
Poverty Rate 3
Income vs. State Median 4
Child Poverty Rate 3

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Eagle County compares to its 6 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Eagle County
Eagle County, CO 33.7 Healthy
Lake County, CO 40.3 Normal +6.6
Garfield County, CO 37.9 Normal +4.2
Grand County, CO 33.4 Healthy -0.3
Summit County, CO 31.0 Healthy -2.7
Routt County, CO 29.5 Healthy -4.2
Pitkin County, CO 24.5 Healthy -9.2

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Eagle County
Fond du Lac County, WI 33.7 Healthy -0.0
York County, VA 33.8 Healthy +0.1
Ascension Parish, LA 33.8 Healthy +0.1
St. Mary's County, MD 33.5 Healthy -0.2
Johnson County, IA 34.0 Healthy +0.3

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