Crested Butte, CO — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
Residents of ZIP code 81239, centered on Crested Butte, face a county-level property tax rate of just 0.29%, among the lowest anywhere. That leaves homeowners with unusually little annual tax owed on their property relative to most American markets. Sales taxes, meanwhile, total 2.90%, a figure well below what shoppers pay in the vast majority of states. Taken together, these rates point to an area where the tax load stays low by national standards, though Crested Butte's mountain-resort character means housing costs themselves tend to run high, so the taxes paid reflect a smaller share of overall expenses.