Taxes & Insurance in Cañon City
Cañon City combines a well-documented, moderate sales tax with a genuinely low property tax rate -- while its own homeowners insurance/hail-frequency picture carries a real, disclosed research gap relative to the Front Range data documented elsewhere in this dataset.
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Learn moreA well-documented 8.7% combined sales tax rate
Cañon City's combined 2026 sales tax rate is 8.7% (2.9% Colorado state + 2.5% Fremont County + 3.3% Cañon City city tax). The city's own page confirms the city portion moved to 3.3% effective January 1, 2025, with 0.3 percentage points specifically earmarked to fund the community recreation pool -- a real, dated, sourced local detail (retrieved 2026-08-24).
A low, well-documented property tax rate
Cañon City's median effective property tax rate is 0.45%, with a median annual bill of $1,317 -- well below the national median ($2,400) and modestly below Colorado's own ~0.50% statewide average.
Colorado's flat 4.40% income tax, same as statewide
Colorado's 2026 flat 4.40% individual income tax rate applies in Cañon City exactly as it does statewide, subject to the same TABOR surplus-refund mechanism documented in colorado.js.
A real, disclosed gap on hail-specific insurance data
Cañon City's own climate runs genuinely different from the northern Front Range -- drier, with 255 sunny days a year against a 205-day US average -- but no Cañon-City-specific hail-frequency figure comparable to the Front Range Hail Alley data documented in colorado.js and in this dataset's Windsor, CO record was found and reconciled this pass. This gap is disclosed directly rather than assuming identical hail exposure to Denver or Windsor; get a specific insurance quote for any Cañon City address.
Key takeaways
- Combined sales tax is a well-documented 8.7% (2.9% state + 2.5% county + 3.3% city, with 0.3 points funding the community recreation pool as of Jan. 2025).
- Property tax runs low and well-documented: 0.45% effective rate, $1,317 median annual bill.
- Colorado's flat 4.40% state income tax applies in Cañon City as it does statewide.
- No Cañon-City-specific hail-frequency/insurance-premium figure was found and reconciled this pass -- a disclosed research gap, not a claim of lower risk than the Front Range.
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