Colorado · County property tax · ACS 2024
Clear Creek County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Clear Creek County pays $2,350 a year, an effective rate of 0.39%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,350
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.39%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- +18%
- vs U.S. average
- #33 of 64
- rank in CO
The verdict
Homeowners in Clear Creek County pay a median $2,350 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.39%, more affordable than 94% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,350
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.39%
- Effective rate on median home
- #199 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +18%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($608,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Colorado. Population: 9,262. Owner-occupied homes: 3,817.
The median annual property tax in Clear Creek County is $2,350, which is 10% lower than the Colorado state average and 18% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.39% on a median home value of $608,500. Property taxes represent 2.5% of the median household income in this county.
Clear Creek County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Clear Creek County's 0.39% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 94% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Clear Creek County pay a median annual property tax of $2,350, notably higher than the national median and notably lower than the Colorado state median. On a $608,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.39% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Clear Creek County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $94,577 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 8.8%, from $2,160 to $2,350. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Colorado counties by effective rate
Clear Creek County ranks #33 of 64 counties in Colorado by effective rate (48% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Clear Creek County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 47% from $1,604 to $2,350. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 1,190 of 3,817 owner-occupied homes (31.2%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
The most forgiving PAIRING in the data, top-quartile household income with a bottom-quartile effective rate, puts the median bill at 2.5% of median household income. Home values still drive the dollar figure, which is why the ratio above varies widely among counties that share this position.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Clear Creek County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Clear Creek County homeowners, 1,190 of 3,817 owner-occupied homes (31.2%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 5.9% (226)
- $800 to $1,499 18.5% (705)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.2% (581)
- $2,000 to $2,999 28.1% (1,071)
- $3,000 or more 31.2% (1,190)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
44 homes here (1.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Colorado handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Clear Creek County, mortgaged homeowners pay 18% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Clear Creek County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Clear Creek County's effective rate is higher than 48% of the 64 counties in Colorado - ranking #33 of 64.
Where Clear Creek County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.39% Among the most affordable more affordable than 94% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.39%, Clear Creek County sits in the lowest 6% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $2,350, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Clear Creek County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Clear Creek County | Colorado Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.5% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Clear Creek County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Colorado counties.
Clear Creek County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,350 +8.8% | 0.39% |
| 2023 | $2,160 +10.7% | 0.38% |
| 2022 | $1,952 +8.3% | 0.39% |
| 2021 | $1,803 +12.4% | 0.38% |
| 2020 | $1,604 | 0.40% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Clear Creek County: tax-to-income at 2.5%
Counties near Clear Creek County's effective rate
On effective rate, Clear Creek County sits nearest Lowndes County (AL), Etowah County (AL), Escambia County (AL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Cherokee County (GA), Orange County (TX), Tillman County (OK).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Clear Creek County: only 12% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 590 of 4,920 returns from Clear Creek County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,639 - 36% of those reporters sat in the $200k+ AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
Other Counties in Colorado
Clear Creek County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in Clear Creek County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Clear Creek County is recorded at $2,350 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,604 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 3,817 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What is the tax affordability score for Clear Creek County?
- Clear Creek County, Colorado scores C- (53/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is rate relief at A+ (0.39%). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- What is the average property tax in Clear Creek County, Colorado?
- The median annual property tax in Clear Creek County is $2,350, an effective rate of 0.39% on a $608,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Clear Creek County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Clear Creek County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.39% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Clear Creek County?
- Property taxes in Clear Creek County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $94,577 median household income.
What to do with Clear Creek County's QUIET rate
At Clear Creek County's 0.39% effective rate, a $608,500 home implies about $2,350/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Clear Creek County ranks #33 of 64 Colorado counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Colorado overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Clear Creek County's QUIET effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.39%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,350/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Clear Creek County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Clear Creek County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Muskegon County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,348/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.18% vs Clear Creek County 0.39%.
Newton County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,348/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.89% vs Clear Creek County 0.39%.
Anderson County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,353/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.37% vs Clear Creek County 0.39%.
Spotsylvania County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,347/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.58% vs Clear Creek County 0.39%.
Colorado county set
State ACS overview for every published Colorado county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Clear Creek County stamps QUIET · MID - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Clear Creek County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.