Colorado · County property tax · ACS 2024
Pueblo County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Pueblo County pays $1,467 a year, an effective rate of 0.50%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,467
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.50%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -26%
- vs U.S. average
- #11 of 64
- rank in CO
The verdict
Homeowners in Pueblo County pay a median $1,467 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.50%, more affordable than 84% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,467
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.50%
- Effective rate on median home
- #514 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -26%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($291,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Colorado. Population: 169,356. Owner-occupied homes: 47,199.
The median annual property tax in Pueblo County is $1,467, which is 44% lower than the Colorado state average and 26% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.50% on a median home value of $291,300. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Pueblo County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Pueblo County's 0.50% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 84%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Pueblo County pay a median annual property tax of $1,467, well below the national median and well below the Colorado state median. On a $291,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.50% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Colorado counties by effective rate
Pueblo County ranks #11 of 64 counties in Colorado by effective rate (83% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Pueblo County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $64,010 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Pueblo 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Pueblo County rose 68.9%, from $172,500 to $291,300. The effective rate fell 19.0% over the same span, a steeper move than in 79% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 36.8%, to $1,467. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 37% from $1,072 to $1,467. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 15,282 of 47,199 owner-occupied homes (32.4%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 2.3% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
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 Pueblo County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Pueblo County homeowners, 15,282 of 47,199 owner-occupied homes (32.4%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 17.6% (8,328)
- $800 to $1,499 32.4% (15,282)
- $1,500 to $1,999 19.1% (9,002)
- $2,000 to $2,999 18.1% (8,536)
- $3,000 or more 9.7% (4,598)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,453 homes here (3.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Colorado handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Pueblo County, mortgaged homeowners pay 21% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Pueblo County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Pueblo County's effective rate is higher than 83% of the 64 counties in Colorado - ranking #11 of 64.
Where Pueblo County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.50% Among the most affordable more affordable than 84% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Pueblo County moved from $1,072 in the 2020 release to $1,467 in 2024, a change of about 37%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Pueblo County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Pueblo County | Colorado Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Pueblo County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Colorado counties.
Pueblo County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,467 +6.2% | 0.50% |
| 2023 | $1,382 +7.6% | 0.51% |
| 2022 | $1,284 +13.2% | 0.54% |
| 2021 | $1,134 +5.8% | 0.60% |
| 2020 | $1,072 | 0.62% |
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.
Pueblo County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Pueblo County's effective rate
On effective rate, Pueblo County sits nearest Little River County (AR), Clay County (AR), Macon County (AL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Plumas County (CA), Pawnee County (KS), Waseca County (MN).
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
Pueblo County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,590 of 78,190 returns from Pueblo County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,022 - 37% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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.
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Pueblo County rate FAQs
- How does Pueblo County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Pueblo County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.50% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Pueblo County, Colorado?
- The median annual property tax in Pueblo County is $1,467, an effective rate of 0.50% on a $291,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Pueblo County?
- Pueblo County, Colorado scores C+ (60/100) 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- (0.50%). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Pueblo County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Pueblo County jumped 36.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,072 to $1,467, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Pueblo County?
- Property taxes in Pueblo County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $64,010 median household income.
What to do with Pueblo County's QUIET rate
Pueblo County's $1,467 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 →
Pueblo County ranks #11 of 64 Colorado counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Colorado overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Pueblo 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: 0.50%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,467/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Pueblo County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Pueblo County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Iron County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Pueblo County at $1,467/yr; rate 1.34% vs Pueblo County 0.50%.
Monona County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Pueblo County at $1,467/yr; rate 1.03% vs Pueblo County 0.50%.
Maui County, HI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,466/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.16% vs Pueblo County 0.50%.
Belmont County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,469/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.95% vs Pueblo County 0.50%.
Colorado county set
State ACS overview for every published Colorado county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Pueblo 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 Pueblo County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.