Colorado · County property tax · ACS 2024
Weld County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Weld County pays $2,440 a year, an effective rate of 0.52%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,440
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.52%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- +22%
- vs U.S. average
- #9 of 64
- rank in CO
The verdict
Homeowners in Weld County pay a median $2,440 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.52%, more affordable than 81% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,440
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.52%
- Effective rate on median home
- #580 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +22%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($471,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Colorado. Population: 350,396. Owner-occupied homes: 94,490.
The median annual property tax in Weld County is $2,440, which is 6% lower than the Colorado state average and 22% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.52% on a median home value of $471,700. Property taxes represent 2.5% of the median household income in this county.
Weld County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Weld County's 0.52% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 81%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Colorado counties by effective rate
Weld County ranks #9 of 64 counties in Colorado by effective rate (86% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Weld County pay a median annual property tax of $2,440, notably higher than the national median and modestly below the Colorado state median. On a $471,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.52% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 8.8%, from $2,242 to $2,440. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Weld County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $97,097 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Weld 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 51% from $1,617 to $2,440. 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: 33,986 of 94,490 owner-occupied homes (36.0%) 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 Weld County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Weld County homeowners, 33,986 of 94,490 owner-occupied homes (36.0%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 9.5% (8,938)
- $800 to $1,499 13.1% (12,418)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.1% (15,224)
- $2,000 to $2,999 22.8% (21,557)
- $3,000 or more 36.0% (33,986)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,367 homes here (2.5%) 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 Weld County pay a substantially higher bill, 32% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Weld County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Weld County's effective rate is higher than 86% of the 64 counties in Colorado - ranking #9 of 64.
Where Weld County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.52% Among the most affordable more affordable than 81% 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 Weld County moved from $1,617 in the 2020 release to $2,440 in 2024, a change of about 51%. 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.
Weld County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Weld County | Colorado Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate 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.
Weld County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Colorado counties.
Weld County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,440 +8.8% | 0.52% |
| 2023 | $2,242 +12.4% | 0.50% |
| 2022 | $1,995 +11.8% | 0.48% |
| 2021 | $1,784 +10.3% | 0.51% |
| 2020 | $1,617 | 0.50% |
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.
Weld County: tax-to-income at 2.5%
Counties near Weld County's effective rate
On effective rate, Weld County sits nearest Washington County (AR), Nevada County (AR), Mississippi County (AR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Golden Valley County (MT), Baker County (FL), Hardin County (TX).
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
Weld County: only 9% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 14,880 of 168,180 returns from Weld County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,919 - 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.
Other Counties in Colorado
Weld County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in Weld County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Weld County is recorded at $2,440 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,617 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 94,490 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 Weld County?
- Weld County, Colorado scores D (46/100) 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- (0.52%). 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 Weld County, Colorado?
- The median annual property tax in Weld County is $2,440, an effective rate of 0.52% on a $471,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Weld County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Weld County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.52% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Weld County?
- Property taxes in Weld County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $97,097 median household income.
What to do with Weld County's QUIET rate
At Weld County's 0.52% effective rate, a $471,700 home implies about $2,440/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Weld County ranks #9 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 Weld 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: 0.52%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,440/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Weld County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Weld County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Franklin County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Weld County at $2,440/yr; rate 1.68% vs Weld County 0.52%.
Thomas County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Weld County at $2,440/yr; rate 1.41% vs Weld County 0.52%.
Bandera County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,438/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.88% vs Weld County 0.52%.
Fulton County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,444/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.28% vs Weld County 0.52%.
Colorado county set
State ACS overview for every published Colorado county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Weld 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 Weld County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.