ZIP Code 80817

In ZIP code 80817, near Colorado Springs, homes carry a median value of $400,100 while households earn a median of $86,543, or $35,699 per person. The county's 0.41% effective property tax rate works out to roughly $1,640 a year on a home at that median value — a figure that stays contained against local earnings, helped by the gap between a six-figure household income and a tax bill in the low four figures. Sales tax here combines to 2.90%, so day-to-day purchases take a smaller bite, leaving more of each paycheck for mortgage payments and other housing costs.