Property Tax & Income in Delta County, Colorado
Delta County has an effective property tax rate of 0.31%. On the median home value of $343,200, that's roughly $1,068 per year. Median household income is $57,774.
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 | Delta County | Colorado (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.31% | 0.39% |
| Median home value1 | $343,200 | — |
| 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 Delta County, CO
Buying a home in Delta County means weighing a $343,200 median value against an annual property tax bill of just $1,068, based on an effective rate of 0.311%. That rate sits below Colorado's statewide median of 0.386% and ranks 50th out of the state's 64 counties — one of the lower-taxed places to own property in Colorado. Nationally, the gap is wider still, since the U.S. median effective rate is 0.794%. Households here earn a median of $57,774, with per-capita income at $35,658, so the tax bill absorbs a smaller share of earnings than it would in many other markets. Austin, the largest of the county's towns alongside Cedaredge and Crawford, anchors much of the local housing stock. For a buyer, the combination of mid-range home prices and a comparatively low tax rate can ease the ongoing cost of ownership.