Property Tax & Income in Grand County, Utah
Grand County has an effective property tax rate of 0.41%. On the median home value of $538,700, that's roughly $2,215 per year. Median household income is $67,106.
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 | Grand County | Utah (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.41% | 0.46% |
| Median home value1 | $538,700 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 4.50% | top rate 4.50% |
| State sales tax3 | 7.42% combined | 7.42% 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 Grand County, UT
Grand County, home to Moab and the smaller communities of Cisco and Thompson, levies property taxes at an effective rate of 0.411%. That sits below Utah's statewide median of 0.462% and ranks 21st among the state's 29 counties, placing it in the lower-middle tier for Utah. The gap widens considerably against the national median of 0.794%, which Grand County undercuts by nearly half. On a median home value of $538,700, the resulting annual tax bill comes to about $2,215. With median household income at $67,106 and per-capita income at $42,062, that bill amounts to roughly 3.3% of a typical household's yearly earnings. The signal here is a county where property taxes take a comparatively restrained bite, even as home values run well above what local incomes alone might predict.