Edwards, Colorado.
Typical home $1,707,491 (+3.8% in a year), asking rent $3,750 . Edwards, CO metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$6,349 (+243%) since Feb 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $62,672 +4%
- $1,644,819$1,707,491 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $605,878 +55%
- $1,101,613$1,707,491 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Edwards$8,962
- Colorado$2,777
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 8 years.
Typical home values in Edwards, CO rose 3.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Edwards, Eagle County, Colorado
Edwards, in Eagle County, had 11,246 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $81,909 a year and half less, against $104,096 across Eagle County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 63% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 37% are rented. Unemployment in Eagle County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in restaurants and hotels, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Edwards is a mountain community in Eagle County, with winters that are far snowier and colder than in most of the country and summers that stay mild. Many residents hold a four-year degree, and most homes are lived in by their owners, though homes here cost a great deal and rents run high. Household incomes sit below the county's, and the people living here are of middle age on the whole.
Work. Residents work mostly in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in professional and business services. Among the largest workplaces in Edwards are Hospitality Epic Mountain Express, a hotel operator, and US LBM Holdings, a building material dealer. Commutes are short, and a good number of people work from home.
Things to do. Beaver Creek Resort, a ski area, is a short drive away, and Gore Creek is a river that is also a short drive off. For a longer outing, Vail Ski Resort is another ski area, and White River National Forest is a large protected area for walking and getting outdoors.
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- 4,186households
- 60%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 17 mintypical commute
- 24%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Eagle County had 35,602 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 28° and lows near 7°; warmest in July, with highs near 77° and lows near 42°. About 189 inches of snow and 22 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Vail weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Edwards
- Hospitality Epic Mountain ExpressHotels and motels94
- US LBM HoldingsOther building material dealers28
- Ulf & AssociatesHome improvement21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 143 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningVery high
- AvalanchesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Edwards’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Eagle County and the Edwards, CO metro.
Edwards home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Edwards$1,707,491
- Colorado$529,013
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Edwards listings, and the typical home goes pending in 53 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Edwards33.92%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Edwards53
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Edwards125
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Edwards23
Zip codes with a Edwards address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Edwards — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.