Property Tax & Income in Baca County, Colorado
Baca County has an effective property tax rate of 0.44%. On the median home value of $122,900, that's roughly $545 per year. Median household income is $46,215.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Baca County | Colorado (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.44% | 0.39% |
| Median home value1 | $122,900 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 4.40% | top rate 4.40% |
| State sales tax3 | 7.89% combined | 7.89% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Baca County, CO
Homes in Baca County, Colorado, are inexpensive by almost any standard, with a median value of $122,900 — a figure that makes buying here far easier on the wallet than in many parts of the country. The median annual property tax bill comes to $545, based on an effective rate of 0.443%. That rate sits above Colorado's statewide median of 0.386% and ranks 21st among the state's 64 counties, so buyers pay a bit more per dollar of value than the average Coloradan. Even so, the actual dollars involved stay low, and with a median household income of $46,215, the yearly tax amounts to a very small share of earnings. Springfield, the largest of the county's towns alongside Campo and Pritchett, anchors much of the local housing stock. Nationally, the 0.794% median effective rate is nearly double what homeowners here face, making Baca County a genuinely affordable place to buy.