ZIP Code 81423

ZIP code 81423, in the Montrose area, sits in middle-income territory: median household earnings of $62,125 and per-capita income of $37,621 fall near the middle of the national range. Homes are priced well above what those incomes would normally support, with a median value of $425,000, yet the county-level effective property tax rate of just 0.26% keeps annual bills unusually contained. Sales tax compounds at 2.90%. The result is a place where housing wealth, not high wages, defines the economic picture, and where ongoing tax costs stay contained despite the steep purchase prices.