Mesa County, CO real estate

What the numbers say

Mesa County, CO real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Mesa County listed for $489,350, down 0.1% from a year earlier. That is 13% below the Colorado median of $564,000.

Homes spent a median of 61 days on the market. That makes Mesa County the #9 fastest-selling of 15 Colorado counties we track.

Homeowners in Mesa County pay a median of $1,439 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $378,600, an effective rate of about 0.38%. The Colorado average is 0.48%, which makes Mesa County the #31 lowest-tax of 64 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,182 a month, and $1,115 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 35 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 $489,000 home here comes to about $3,027 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $130,000 a year (the median household here earns $73,658).