Property Tax & Income in Saguache County, Colorado
Saguache County has an effective property tax rate of 0.33%. On the median home value of $212,600, that's roughly $690 per year. Median household income is $50,082.
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 | Saguache County | Colorado (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.33% | 0.39% |
| Median home value1 | $212,600 | — |
| 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 Saguache County, CO
Buying in Saguache County, Colorado means weighing a lower-than-average tax bill against home prices that sit well below many parts of the state. The median home value here is $212,600, and the median annual real-estate tax bill comes to $690, based on an effective rate of 0.325 percent. That rate falls under Colorado's statewide median of 0.386 percent, and the county ranks 45th of 64 counties for property tax rate. Nationally, the median effective rate is 0.794 percent, so Saguache County's figure is less than half the countrywide mark. Households here report a median income of $50,082, with per-capita income of $41,682. Among the county's main towns, Saguache, Crestone, and Moffat, the tax picture stays consistent with these countywide figures, giving buyers a sense of what carrying costs might look like.