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Absentee owners in Vail, CO
Bottom line: 2,286 homes in Vail, CO send their tax bill to an address other than the property (91% of those with a mailing address on file), and 915 send it out of state. Absentee does not mean distressed: second homes, rentals and trusts all mail elsewhere.
Free beta 2,286 matches · read October 16, 2026
What this counts
Absentee owners, in plain words
An absentee owner here is a parcel whose county tax bill goes to a different street address than the property itself.
Source: shinnslist (county records), read October 16, 2026. How the counts are made and graded: How we grade. Nothing here predicts that an owner will sell. These are counts of public county records.
The town
Vail in the county records
| Parcels in the hunt | 2,515 parcels the county files as homes or residential land in Vail. |
|---|---|
| Tax bill mailed elsewhere | 2,286 of the 2,515 with a mailing address on file (91%) send the tax bill to an address other than the property. |
| Mailed out of state | 915 (36%) send it outside Colorado. |
| Years since the last sale | Median 10 years, from 1,418 parcels with a recorded sale: under 5 years 294, 5 to 9 435, 10 to 19 329, 20 or more 360. |
| Property types | As the county labels them: SINGLE FAM.RES-IMPROVEMTS 1,901; SINGLE FAM.RES.-LAND 306; CONDOS-IMPROVEMENTS 291; DUP/TRIPLEX LAND 10. |
Questions
Absentee owners in Vail, answered
How many absentee owners are in Vail?
2,286 homes mail the tax bill elsewhere, read October 16, 2026.
How is absentee measured?
The street line of the mailing address on the county record is compared with the property address. A different street means the bill goes elsewhere.
Is an absentee owner a motivated seller?
Not by itself. Many are second homes or long-term rentals. Nothing here predicts a sale.