Crested Butte, CO — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
In ZIP code 81241, near Crested Butte, homes carry a median value of $442,900 while per-capita income sits at $46,031. The county's effective property tax rate of 0.29% works out to roughly $1,284 a year on that median home, a figure that stays contained even as sale prices run high. Sales tax across the area totals 2.90%. Buying here demands substantial income relative to what residents earn, yet the tax side of ownership stays tame, so the real hurdle is the purchase price itself rather than the annual levy that follows it.