ZIP Code 81643

ZIP code 81643, near Grand Junction, sits in affluent territory: a median household income of $106,813 and per-capita income of $47,555 place it well above national norms, while a median home value of $605,300 signals a high-cost housing market. Yet the county-level effective property tax rate of just 0.38% keeps annual property taxes unusually contained given those home prices. Combined with a sales tax rate of 2.90%, the overall tax load here skews light relative to the incomes earned. Buyers stretching for expensive homes still catch a break on what they owe each year.