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Fort Collins, Colorado · your tax bill

Your tax bill, explained

A typical home in the City of Fort Collins (Larimer County). 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.

$3,426 a year — about $285 a month

On a market value of $550,000 — taxed on 6.25% of it, $34,375. Colorado taxes a home on 6.25% of its value 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

Poudre School District R-1$61.23 · $2,097 a year

Larimer County$22.57 · $773 a year

City of Fort Collins$9.83 · $337 a year

Poudre River Public Library District$3.03 · $104 a year

Health District of Northern Larimer County$2.19 · $75 a year

Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District$1.00 · $34 a year

Larimer County Pest Control$0.14 · $5 a year

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

Schools$61.23 · $2,097

County services$22.57 · $773

City services$9.83 · $337

Other districts$6.37 · $218

Each government’s share is one slice unless it publishes a debt split.

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.

Meetings are on the calendar.

Each government, line by line

Poudre School District R-1 — $2,097 a year

54.09 mills on $38,775 of taxable value · tax year 2025, paid in 2026 · Larimer County Assessor — 2025 Abstract of Assessments and Levies

Schools (operating and debt split not published)$2,097

Larimer County — $773 a year

22.50 mills on $34,375 of taxable value · tax year 2025, paid in 2026 · Larimer County Assessor — 2025 Abstract of Assessments and Levies

County services$773

City of Fort Collins — $337 a year

9.80 mills on $34,375 of taxable value · tax year 2025, paid in 2026 · Larimer County Assessor — 2025 Abstract of Assessments and Levies

City services$337

Poudre River Public Library District — $104 a year

3.02 mills on $34,375 of taxable value · tax year 2025, paid in 2026 · Larimer County Assessor — 2025 Abstract of Assessments and Levies

Library$104

Health District of Northern Larimer County — $75 a year

2.18 mills on $34,375 of taxable value · tax year 2025, paid in 2026 · Larimer County Assessor — 2025 Abstract of Assessments and Levies

Health district$75

Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District — $34 a year

1.00 mills on $34,375 of taxable value · tax year 2025, paid in 2026 · Larimer County Assessor — 2025 Abstract of Assessments and Levies

Water supply$34

Larimer County Pest Control — $5 a year

0.1420 mills on $34,375 of taxable value · tax year 2025, paid in 2026 · Larimer County Assessor — 2025 Abstract of Assessments and Levies

Pest control$5

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.
Which districts apply depends on the address; homes in south Fort Collins also pay South Fort Collins Sanitation (0.466 mills).
Poudre School District’s debt-versus-operating split isn’t published in the abstract.
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.