Colorado · County property tax · ACS 2024
Rio Blanco County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Rio Blanco County pays $917 a year, an effective rate of 0.33%, far below the U.S. average.
- $917
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.33%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -54%
- vs U.S. average
- #44 of 64
- rank in CO
The verdict
Homeowners in Rio Blanco County pay a median $917 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.33%, more affordable than 96% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $917
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.33%
- Effective rate on median home
- #113 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -54%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($274,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Colorado. Population: 6,544. Owner-occupied homes: 2,084.
The median annual property tax in Rio Blanco County is $917, which is 65% lower than the Colorado state average and 54% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.33% on a median home value of $274,400. Property taxes represent 1.4% of the median household income in this county.
Rio Blanco County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Rio Blanco County's 0.33% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 96% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Rio Blanco County pay a median annual property tax of $917, far below the national median and far below the Colorado state median. On a $274,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.33% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Rio Blanco County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $65,473 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Colorado counties by effective rate
Rio Blanco County ranks #44 of 64 counties in Colorado by effective rate (31% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Rio Blanco 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 held while the market moved
Rio Blanco County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 1.9% down, against a median home value that rose 25.6%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 23.3%, from $744 to $917.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $744 to $917, a gain of 23%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 819 of 2,084 owner-occupied homes (39.3%). 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 1.4% 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 Rio Blanco County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Rio Blanco County homeowners, 819 of 2,084 owner-occupied homes (39.3%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 38.1% (794)
- $800 to $1,499 39.3% (819)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.9% (310)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.4% (113)
- $3,000 or more 0.9% (18)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
30 homes here (1.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Colorado handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Rio Blanco County pay a substantially higher bill, 38% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Rio Blanco County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Rio Blanco County's effective rate is higher than 31% of the 64 counties in Colorado - ranking #44 of 64.
Where Rio Blanco County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.33% Among the most affordable more affordable than 96% 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 0.33%, Rio Blanco County sits in the lowest 4% 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 $917, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Rio Blanco County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Rio Blanco County | Colorado Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.4% | - | - |
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.
Rio Blanco County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Colorado counties.
Rio Blanco County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $917 +9.6% | 0.33% |
| 2023 | $837 +3.3% | 0.34% |
| 2022 | $810 +3.7% | 0.35% |
| 2021 | $781 +5.0% | 0.35% |
| 2020 | $744 | 0.34% |
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.
Rio Blanco County: tax takes only 1.4% of income
Counties near Rio Blanco County's effective rate
On effective rate, Rio Blanco County sits nearest Greenlee County (AZ), Perry County (AL), Clarke County (AL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Perry County (IL), Winston County (MS), Smith County (KS).
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
Rio Blanco County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 100 of 2,860 returns from Rio Blanco County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,950 - 40% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Rio Blanco County rate FAQs
- How does Rio Blanco County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Rio Blanco County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.33% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Rio Blanco County?
- Rio Blanco County, Colorado scores B+ (77/100) 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+ (0.33%). 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 Rio Blanco County, Colorado?
- The median annual property tax in Rio Blanco County is $917, an effective rate of 0.33% on a $274,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Rio Blanco County?
- Property taxes in Rio Blanco County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $65,473 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Rio Blanco County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Rio Blanco County jumped 23.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $744 to $917, 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 to do with Rio Blanco County's QUIET rate
Rio Blanco County's $917 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 1.4% of Rio Blanco County's $65,473 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Rio Blanco 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: 0.33%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $917/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Rio Blanco County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Rio Blanco County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Orange County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Rio Blanco County at $917/yr; rate 0.58% vs Rio Blanco County 0.33%.
Breckinridge County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $916/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.58% vs Rio Blanco County 0.33%.
Faulk County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $916/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Rio Blanco County 0.33%.
Union County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $918/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.56% vs Rio Blanco County 0.33%.
Lamb County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Rio Blanco County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (1.12% vs 0.33%).
Colorado county set
State ACS overview for every published Colorado county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.