Colorado · County property tax · ACS 2024
Saguache County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Saguache County pays $690 a year, an effective rate of 0.32%, far below the U.S. average.
- $690
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.32%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -65%
- vs U.S. average
- #49 of 64
- rank in CO
The verdict
Homeowners in Saguache County pay a median $690 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.32%, more affordable than 97% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $690
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.32%
- Effective rate on median home
- #99 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -65%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($212,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Colorado. Population: 6,580. Owner-occupied homes: 2,613.
The median annual property tax in Saguache County is $690, which is 73% lower than the Colorado state average and 65% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.32% on a median home value of $212,600. Property taxes represent 1.4% of the median household income in this county.
Saguache County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Saguache 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 Saguache County pay a median annual property tax of $690, far below the national median and far below the Colorado state median. On a $212,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.32% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Saguache County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $50,082 median household income.
Decision signal 4
High among Colorado counties by effective rate
Saguache County ranks #49 of 64 counties in Colorado by effective rate (23% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Saguache 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 Saguache County rose 39.5%, from $152,400 to $212,600. The effective rate fell 32.2% over the same span, a steeper move than in 98% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 5.5%, to $690. 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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $730 in 2020 to $690 in 2024, a fall of 5%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,355 of 2,613 owner-occupied homes (51.9%) 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 1.4% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Saguache County fell from $730 to $690, a change of -5.5%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Saguache County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Saguache County homeowners, 1,355 of 2,613 owner-occupied homes (51.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 51.9% (1,355)
- $800 to $1,499 19.8% (518)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.9% (181)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.7% (228)
- $3,000 or more 8.6% (225)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
106 homes here (4.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Colorado handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Saguache County, mortgaged homeowners pay 28% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Saguache County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Saguache County's effective rate is higher than 23% of the 64 counties in Colorado - ranking #49 of 64.
Where Saguache 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%, Saguache 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 $690, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Saguache County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Saguache 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 | 1.4% | - | - |
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.
Saguache County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Colorado counties.
Saguache County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $690 +1.6% | 0.32% |
| 2023 | $679 -7.4% | 0.34% |
| 2022 | $733 +1.0% | 0.44% |
| 2021 | $726 -0.5% | 0.45% |
| 2020 | $730 | 0.48% |
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.
Saguache County: tax takes only 1.4% of income
Counties near Saguache County's effective rate
On effective rate, Saguache County sits nearest Stone County (AR), Montgomery County (AR), Winston County (AL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Hyde County (NC), Bolivar County (MS), Bland County (VA).
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
Saguache County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 2,310 returns from Saguache County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,950 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $25-50k 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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Saguache County rate FAQs
- How does Saguache County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Saguache County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.32% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Saguache County?
- Saguache County, Colorado scores A- (82/100) 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 is the average property tax in Saguache County, Colorado?
- The median annual property tax in Saguache County is $690, an effective rate of 0.32% on a $212,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Saguache County?
- Property taxes in Saguache County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $50,082 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Saguache County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Saguache County eased 5.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $730 to $690, 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 Saguache County's QUIET rate
Saguache County's $690 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 Saguache County's $50,082 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Saguache 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: $690/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Saguache County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Saguache County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Holmes County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Saguache County at $690/yr; rate 0.86% vs Saguache County 0.32%.
Obion County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Saguache County at $690/yr; rate 0.52% vs Saguache County 0.32%.
Campbell County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $691/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.37% vs Saguache County 0.32%.
Dewey County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $689/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Saguache County 0.32%.
Colorado county set
State ACS overview for every published Colorado county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Saguache 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 Saguache County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.