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Gas stations in Eagle County, CO

How Eagle County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,083 of 2,358 scored counties
#24 of 37 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
33
28 chain locations (85%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$65M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,948 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.0
38% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,291
−2.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Eagle County spend about $65M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,948 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each station on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Eagle County has 33 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 85% of them, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.0, 38% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Eagle County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 1,225 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Eagle County declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For gas stations, Eagle County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,083 of 2,358 scored counties and #24 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.

How Eagle County compares

The same measures for Colorado and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Gas stations in Eagle County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureEagle CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.010.310.9
Spending per listing$2M$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,2251,5691,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.5%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,948$2,756$2,595
Median household income$104,096$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5269

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 18
Employees, 2023
168
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3328 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Eagle County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Eagle County

Population, 2025 estimate
54,291−2.4% since 2020
Households
22,058
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,685 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$104,096+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$149,170
Median home value
$839,500
Jobs located here
36,343
Daytime population
60,203Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for gas stations, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Eagle County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Elbert County, CO9699.0$4.5M+16.5%#3 of 2,358
2Park County, CO9188.9$3.8M+5.1%#21 of 2,358
3Douglas County, CO90866.1$4.9M+10.9%#25 of 2,358
4Weld County, CO8215412.4$2.5M+14.2%#121 of 2,358
5Broomfield County, CO79216.6$4M+6.3%#164 of 2,358
6Larimer County, CO791318.5$3.4M+4.8%#169 of 2,358
7Gunnison County, CO7767.1$4.1M+2.9%#208 of 2,358
8Delta County, CO77118.5$3.5M+3.6%#212 of 2,358
9Montrose County, CO761810.0$3M+4.1%#237 of 2,358
10Archuleta County, CO76711.8$2.6M+6.6%#240 of 2,358
24Eagle County, CO523315.0$2M−2.4%#1,083 of 2,358

Other business types in Eagle County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gas stations are in Eagle County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 gas stations in Eagle County. 28 of them (85%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Eagle County, CO spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $65M a year, or $2,948 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,058 households in Eagle County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Eagle County, CO compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Eagle County has 15.0 gas stations per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Eagle County would have about 27, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,225 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Eagle County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Eagle County at 54,291 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,058 households. Median household income in Eagle County is $104,096, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Eagle County scores 52 for gas stations (upper middle), #1,083 of 2,358 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for gas stations · All 56 business types in Eagle County

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