Your tax bill, explained

A home in the City and County of Denver. Enter your own assessed value to see where every dollar of your property tax goes — and how it compares with each government’s “no-raise” rate. Updated 2026-10-06.

$3,236 a year — about $270 a month

On a market value of $600,000 — taxed on 6.25% of it, $37,500. Colorado taxes a home on a share of its value: 6.25% for local governments and 7.05% for schools (tax year 2025). An estimate from published rates — your own tax notice is the final word.

Of every $100 you pay

Denver Public Schools$68.33 · $2,211 a year

City and County of Denver$30.51 · $987 a year

Mile High Flood District$1.16 · $38 a year

Where it ends up — every government’s share, by what it pays for

Schools$63.10 · $2,042

City services$22.98 · $744

Paying off bonds (debt)$12.76 · $413

Other districts$1.16 · $38

Denver’s levies are split as the Assessor lists them, including bond principal, bond interest and school bond redemption.

The “no-raise” rate — how this state handles it

Colorado has no yearly no-raise rate; limits on property tax growth come from the state constitution (TABOR) and state law.

Mill levies are certified each December for the next year’s bills. Meetings are on the calendar.

Each government, line by line

City and County of Denver — $987 a year

26.33 mills on $37,500 of taxable value · tax year 2025, paid in 2026 · Denver Assessor — 2025 Abstract, Summary of Levies

General fund$361

Bond principal$179

Capital maintenance$97

Social services$93

Bond interest$65

Library$58

Police pension$44

Developmental disabilities$39

Fire pension$37

Affordable housing$15

Denver Public Schools — $2,211 a year

52.27 mills on $42,300 of taxable value · tax year 2025, paid in 2026 · Denver Assessor — 2025 Abstract, Summary of Levies

General fund$1,647

Voter-approved mill levy override$395

Bond redemption$169

Mile High Flood District — $38 a year

1.00 mills on $37,500 of taxable value · tax year 2025 · Denver Assessor — 2025 Abstract, Summary of Levies

Flood control$38

What this doesn’t show — the honest limits

Fees and assessments on the same bill — stormwater, trash, street lights and others — aren’t property taxes and aren’t included.
Senior, veteran, widow and disability exemptions aren’t modeled.
Colorado’s homestead exemption for seniors and disabled veterans, and any 2026 residential value reduction, aren’t modeled.
Spreading a government’s tax across its whole budget is a fair picture, not a receipt: most budgets also run on other money (sales tax, state aid, fees).

Related: Tax lab — change the rates · The money trail · What if we saved?. This page computes and cites; it doesn’t say what any rate should be. Spot an error? Report it.