Colorado · County property tax · ACS 2024
Costilla County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Costilla County pays $582 a year, an effective rate of 0.32%, far below the U.S. average.
- $582
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.32%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -71%
- vs U.S. average
- #49 of 64
- rank in CO
The verdict
Homeowners in Costilla County pay a median $582 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.32%, more affordable than 97% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $582
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.32%
- Effective rate on median home
- #99 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -71%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($184,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Colorado. Population: 3,607. Owner-occupied homes: 1,305.
The median annual property tax in Costilla County is $582, which is 78% lower than the Colorado state average and 71% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.32% on a median home value of $184,700. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Costilla County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Costilla County's 0.32% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 97% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Costilla County pay a median annual property tax of $582, far below the national median and far below the Colorado state median. On a $184,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.32% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Colorado counties by effective rate
Costilla County ranks #49 of 64 counties in Colorado by effective rate (23% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Costilla County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $36,861 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 9.6%, from $531 to $582. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Costilla 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 29% from $451 to $582. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 868 of 1,305 owner-occupied homes (66.5%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.6% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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 Costilla County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Costilla County homeowners, 868 of 1,305 owner-occupied homes (66.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 66.5% (868)
- $800 to $1,499 19.5% (255)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.3% (69)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.2% (55)
- $3,000 or more 4.4% (57)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Costilla County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+98%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Costilla County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Costilla County's effective rate is higher than 23% of the 64 counties in Colorado - ranking #49 of 64.
Where Costilla County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.32% Among the most affordable more affordable than 97% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.32%, Costilla County sits in the lowest 3% 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 $582, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Costilla County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Costilla County | Colorado Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.6% | - | - |
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.
Costilla County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Colorado counties.
Costilla County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $582 +9.6% | 0.32% |
| 2023 | $531 +6.0% | 0.31% |
| 2022 | $501 +13.9% | 0.35% |
| 2021 | $440 -2.4% | 0.36% |
| 2020 | $451 | 0.36% |
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.
Costilla County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Costilla County's effective rate
On effective rate, Costilla County sits nearest Stone County (AR), Montgomery County (AR), Winston County (AL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Benton County (MS), Carroll County (KY), Okeechobee County (FL).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Costilla County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Costilla County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Costilla County rate FAQs
- How does Costilla County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Costilla County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.32% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Costilla County, Colorado?
- The median annual property tax in Costilla County is $582, an effective rate of 0.32% on a $184,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Costilla County?
- Costilla County, Colorado scores B+ (76/100) 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+ (0.32%). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Costilla County?
- Property taxes in Costilla County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $36,861 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Costilla County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Costilla County is recorded at $582 in the 2024 5-year release against $451 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 1,305 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 to do with Costilla County's QUIET rate
Costilla County's $582 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 1.6% of Costilla County's $36,861 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Costilla 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: 0.32%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $582/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Costilla County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Costilla County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Cochran County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $583/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.10% vs Costilla County 0.32%.
Van Buren County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $581/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.43% vs Costilla County 0.32%.
Sharp County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $584/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.56% vs Costilla County 0.32%.
Union County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $579/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.56% vs Costilla County 0.32%.
Colorado county set
State ACS overview for every published Colorado county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Costilla County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - 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 Costilla County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.