Edwards vs Vail

A side-by-side comparison of Edwards and Vail: population, income, housing, and more.

Edwards and Vail are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Edwards has the higher population (10,415 vs 4,729 in Vail). Vail has the higher median household income ($103,705 vs $90,735 in Edwards). Vail has the higher median home value ($1,040,100 vs $747,700 in Edwards).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards	Vail
Population	10,415	4,729
Median age	38.4 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,735	$103,705
Median home value	$747,700	$1,040,100
Median gross rent	$1,885	$1,610
Housing units	5,447	7,099
Homeownership rate	65.8%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%	68.4%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards	Vail
Population	9,350 → 10,415 (+11.4%)	5,479 → 4,729 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$77,459 → $90,735 (+17.1%)	$80,987 → $103,705 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$682,000 → $747,700 (+9.6%)	$773,700 → $1,040,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,540 → $1,885 (+22.4%)	$1,597 → $1,610 (+0.8%)

Edwards

Population

9,35010,415

Median household income

$77,459$90,735

Median home value

$682,000$747,700

Median gross rent

$1,540$1,885

Vail

Population

5,4794,729

Median household income

$80,987$103,705

Median home value

$773,700$1,040,100

Median gross rent

$1,597$1,610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwards	Vail
Under 5	3.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	4.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	18.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	19.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.2%
75 and over	4.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards	Vail
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwards	Vail
No high school diploma	5.9%	0.7%
High school graduate	15.2%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards	Vail
Drove alone	60.5%	62.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	4.1%
Public transit	1.3%	8.0%
Walked	5.2%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	18.9%	12.7%
Other means	3.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards	Vail
1-unit, detached	34.6%	15.3%
1-unit, attached	22.5%	19.7%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	21.5%
20 or more units	5.3%	34.2%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Edwards	Vail
Poverty rate	11.6%	6.6%
Average household size	2.69	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1996	1985