# Eagle County, Colorado: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Gypsum, Eagle and Avon The build-out shows up in Eagle County as work for the electrical trades. Eagle County is home to Gypsum, Eagle, Avon and Vail. Construction employs 3,722, up 12.3% since 2019, and construction is 2.0 times as concentrated here as in the U.S. economy. Electrical contractors employ 356, up 27.1% since 2019 against up 9.0% statewide, at an average $74,505 a year. Unemployment was 3.5% in August 2026, against 2.2% in 2019. 13 MW has retired here since 2019, including Eagle Valley Clean Energy LLC Biomass (other technologies, 13 MW, 2024). +27.1% electrical contractor jobs since 2019, now 356 2.0× the U.S. share of jobs in construction 13 MW of generating capacity retired since 2019 ## Cities and towns in Eagle County Eagle County is home to Gypsum, Eagle, Avon and Vail. Gypsum9,212 residents Eagle7,280 residents Avon6,184 residents Vail4,407 residents Basalt2,925 residents · 73% of the city Minturn986 residents Red Cliff238 residents - Basalt also extends into [Pitkin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/pitkin-county). Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Dotsero, Edwards, El Jebel, Fulford, McCoy, Wolcott. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Eagle County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Colorado | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 55,657 | 54,291 | ▼ 2.5% | 15th of 64 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 33,932 | 35,602 | ▲ 4.9% | 30th of 64 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $48,605 | $67,364 | ▲ 38.6% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 3,313 | 3,722 | ▲ 12.3% | 16th of 38 by growth | | Electrical contractor jobs (2019 → 2025) | 280 | 356 | ▲ 27.1% | — | | Data processing and hosting jobs (2019 → 2025) | 17 | 24 | ▲ 41.2% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 2.2% | 3.5% | ▲ 1.3pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 13 MW | | — | Employers here counted 35,602 jobs in 2025, up 4.9% from 2019. Its power plants have 15 MW of capacity, 44% of it natural gas. Public Service Co of Colorado is the largest utility serving Eagle County, one of 3 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 15.05¢/kWh in 2024. 54,291 people live here, down 2.5% since 2020. ## Who powers Eagle County ### Utilities with service territory in Eagle County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Public Service Co of Colorado | Investor Owned | Bundled | 1,365,053 | 15.05¢ | 44% | | Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 49,982 | 12.04¢ | 41% | | Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 23,253 | 16.76¢ | 23% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Natural gas | 6 MW | 44% | | Hydro | 5 MW | 34% | | Petroleum | 3 MW | 22% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | American Gypsum Cogeneration | Eagle Materials Co LLC | Petroleum | 10 MW | 1990 | | Basalt | City of Aspen- (CO) | Hydro | 5 MW | 1985 | ### Retired since 2019 | Plant | Technology | MW | Year | |---|---|---|---| | Eagle Valley Clean Energy LLC Biomass | Other technologies | 13 MW | 2024 | ## The Eagle County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 35,602 | $67,364 | 1.00 | | Construction | 3,722 | $83,596 | 1.97 | | Electrical contractors | 356 | $74,505 | 1.39 | | Data processing and hosting | 24 | $200,327 | 0.22 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Eagle County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Eagle County. Colorado has 25 local measures on record statewide. ## Eagle County and its neighbors Of the 6 counties that border Eagle County, Routt County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Eagle County | 54,291 | ▲ 4.9% | 15 MW | — | — | — | | Garfield County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/garfield-county) | 63,474 | ▲ 6.0% | 82 MW | — | — | — | | Grand County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/grand-county) | 16,496 | ▲ 5.9% | 6 MW | — | — | — | | Lake County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/lake-county) | 7,552 | ▲ 22.0% | 202 MW | — | — | — | | Pitkin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/pitkin-county) | 16,625 | ▲ 5.7% | 5 MW | — | — | — | | Routt County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/routt-county) | 25,329 | ▲ 4.8% | 465 MW | — | — | — | | Summit County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/summit-county) | 31,517 | ▲ 1.2% | 28 MW | — | — | — | ## More of Colorado [All Colorado countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado)[Garfield County63,474 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/garfield-county)[Summit County31,517 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/summit-county)[Routt County25,329 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/routt-county)[Pitkin County16,625 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/pitkin-county)[Grand County16,496 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/grand-county) ## Eagle County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Eagle County, Colorado? 3 utilities have service territory in Eagle County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Public Service Co of Colorado, Holy Cross Electric Assn, Inc, Yampa Valley Electric Assn Inc. The largest, Public Service Co of Colorado, charged residential customers 15.05¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Eagle County? 2 operating plants with 15 MW of capacity. The largest is American Gypsum Cogeneration (10 MW, petroleum). ### Are there data centers in Eagle County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Eagle County. ### Is Eagle County adding jobs? Employers counted 35,602 jobs in 2025 against 33,932 in 2019 (+4.9%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 3,313 to 3,722. ### Does Eagle County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Eagle County. Colorado has 25 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/eagle-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).