Eagle County, Colorado: New American county. In 2024, voted D+24%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+24MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 55,1352024 5-year
- Median household income
- $104,0962024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 30.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Monroe County, IN · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Eagle CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Eagle County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | −23.3% |
| 1888 | −20.3% |
| 1892 | −29.2% |
| 1896 | +90.7% |
| 1900 | +38.5% |
| 1904 | −12.0% |
| 1908 | +21.9% |
| 1912 | +22.7% |
| 1916 | +46.9% |
| 1920 | −13.2% |
| 1924 | −17.9% |
| 1928 | −27.7% |
| 1932 | +30.2% |
| 1936 | +32.6% |
| 1940 | +15.5% |
| 1944 | +1.6% |
| 1948 | +14.7% |
| 1952 | −8.0% |
| 1956 | −15.0% |
| 1960 | −5.8% |
| 1964 | +33.7% |
| 1968 | −5.7% |
| 1972 | −18.6% |
| 1976 | −31.6% |
| 1980 | −25.0% |
| 1984 | −37.2% |
| 1988 | −13.5% |
| 1992 | +7.1% |
| 1996 | +4.0% |
| 2000 | −2.6% |
| 2004 | +6.5% |
| 2008 | +23.1% |
| 2012 | +14.9% |
| 2016 | +20.3% |
| 2020 | +29.8% |
| 2024 | +24.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 16,943 | 10,148 | 27,805 | ||
| D | 18,588 | 9,891 | 29,139 | ||
| D | 14,099 | 8,990 | 25,223 | ||
| D | 12,792 | 9,411 | 22,668 | ||
| D | 13,187 | 8,179 | 21,652 | ||
| D | 9,744 | 8,533 | 18,511 | ||
| R | 6,772 | 7,165 | 15,188 | ||
| D | 5,094 | 4,637 | 11,341 | ||
| D | 3,870 | 3,100 | 10,870 | ||
| R | 3,314 | 4,366 | 7,809 | ||
| R | 2,032 | 4,500 | 6,633 | ||
| R | 1,608 | 3,061 | 5,816 | ||
| R | 1,502 | 2,963 | 4,617 | ||
| R | 1,306 | 1,920 | 3,301 | ||
| R | 927 | 1,049 | 2,136 | ||
| D | 1,299 | 644 | 1,945 | ||
| R | 880 | 989 | 1,871 | ||
| R | 852 | 1,154 | 2,012 | ||
| R | 1,058 | 1,242 | 2,313 | ||
| D | 1,008 | 738 | 1,831 | ||
| D | 952 | 922 | 1,879 | ||
| D | 1,474 | 1,077 | 2,564 | ||
| D | 1,541 | 776 | 2,347 | ||
| D | 1,348 | 712 | 2,106 | ||
| R | 570 | 1,014 | 1,605 | ||
| R | 431 | 722 | 1,625 | ||
| R | 649 | 854 | 1,549 | ||
| D | 1,136 | 397 | 1,576 | ||
| D | 727 | 387 | 1,498 | ||
| D | 828 | 521 | 1,402 | ||
| R | 625 | 802 | 1,477 | ||
| D | 943 | 412 | 1,378 | ||
| D | 1,149 | 53 | 1,209 | ||
| O | 0 | 275 | 941 | ||
| R | 400 | 604 | 1,007 | ||
| R | 190 | 306 | 497 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.6%
German
10.9%
Irish
8.6%
Italian
3.5%
American
2.8%
Scottish
2.5%
Polish
1.4%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$104,096
Eagle County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Eagle County$104,096
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Eagle County ranks in the top 5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.9%
Working age (18–64)8.7%
Seniors (65+)3.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
75.0%
speak English only
Spanish21.3%
Other Indo-European3.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Eagle County's economy revolves around Vail and Beaver Creek, drawing a wealthy, transplant-heavy workforce whose presidential preferences have leaned Democratic by double digits for over two decades.
Eagle County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of ninety-one points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved five points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $104,096, and a population of 55,135. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Monroe County and Bernalillo County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Eagle County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Eagle County, Colorado voted Democratic by 24.4 points (D+24), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 27,805 votes cast, 16,943 went Democratic and 10,148 went Republican.
What is Eagle County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Eagle County, Colorado in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did Eagle County, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Eagle County, Colorado voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Eagle County, Colorado?
Eagle County, Colorado has a population of 55,135 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Eagle County, Colorado?
Median household income in Eagle County, Colorado is $104,096 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Eagle County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Eagle County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.