El Paso County, CO real estate

What the numbers say

El Paso County, CO real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in El Paso County listed for $479,250, down 3.4% from a year earlier. That is 15% below the Colorado median of $564,000.

Homes spent a median of 66 days on the market, slower than 63 days a year ago. That makes El Paso County the #11 fastest-selling of 15 Colorado counties we track.

Homeowners in El Paso County pay a median of $1,874 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $461,000, an effective rate of about 0.41%. The Colorado average is 0.48%, which makes El Paso County the #38 lowest-tax of 64 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,696 a month, and $1,587 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 24 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $479,000 home here comes to about $2,975 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $127,000 a year (the median household here earns $90,363).