The median owner-occupied home in Gilpin County had a real-estate tax bill of $1,177 (± $288) a year, compared with $2,448 in Colorado and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $512,600 (± $59,235), compared with $502,200 in Colorado and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Gilpin County | Colorado | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,877 | 5,810,774 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $1,177 ± $288 | $2,448 ± $10 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $512,600 ± $59,235 | $502,200 ± $2,298 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $88,654 ± $21,636 | $92,470 ± $483 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.23% ± 0.06 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 27% of the estimate | 0.49% ± under 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 79.6% ± 6.4 points | 66.3% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 31.5% ± 7.3 points | 28.9% ± 0.2 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 30.3% ± 7.8 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 26% of the estimate | 24.2% ± 0.3 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Gilpin County (2)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in Gilpin County (2)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- Coal Creek (census-designated place) (partly in this county)
- Rollinsville
Other named communities in Gilpin County (18)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- American City (historical)
- Apex (historical)
- Baltimore (historical)
- Central City
- Cottonwood
- East Portal
- Gilpin
- Lincoln Hills
- Nevadaville
- Nugget
- Pactolus
- Perigo (historical)
- Phoenix (historical)
- Pinecliffe
- Russell Gulch
- Smith Hill
- Tolland
- Wideawake (historical)