Research · published 2026-08-08 · data collected 2026-08-08
What Colorado's 2025 certifications show about metro-district taxes
Every Colorado county certifies each taxing entity's mill levy annually under C.R.S. §39-1-111. We compiled the certifications for all 2,669 metropolitan districts — from the state's own compilation, cross-checked against six counties' independently published files — and this is what they say. Every figure below is computed from the certified rows, links to the district's own record, and can be checked against the state's published data.
1. Most metro districts tax more than the county they sit in
Of the 1,682 districts that levied anything for tax year 2025, 1,331 — 79% — certified a higher levy than their entire county government. The median levying district charges 50.0 mills; county governments themselves run roughly 7 (El Paso) to 27 (Adams). 274 districts levy more than 70 mills; 13 levy more than 100.
| District | County | 2025 levy | of which bond |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belleview Place Metropolitan District | Arapahoe | 136.999 | 63.348 (46%) |
| East Virginia Village Metropolitan District | Arapahoe | 132.607 | — |
| Yarrow Gardens Metropolitan District | Jefferson | 119.313 | — |
| Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 3 | Arapahoe | 118.956 | 61.320 (52%) |
| Loretto Heights Metropolitan District No. 3 | Denver | 118.574 | — |
| Riverdale Peaks II Metropolitan District | Adams | 115.871 | 73.200 (63%) |
| Homestead Hills Metropolitan District | Adams | 115.487 | 63.487 (55%) |
| Twin Buttes Metropolitan District No. 4 | La Plata | 114.334 | 51.970 (45%) |
| Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 5 | Arapahoe | 113.006 | — |
| Avion Metropolitan District | Denver | 105.694 | 42.236 (40%) |
2. In 524 districts, 75%+ of the levy is bond debt
The certifications split each levy by purpose. In 733 districts, more than half the 2025 levy is bond repayment; in 524, more than three-quarters. Homeowners there are predominantly repaying the debt that built the neighborhood — streets, water lines, drainage — rather than funding current services. Every district page on this site now shows that split beside the levy.
3. 987 districts levy nothing — and 51 woke up last year
987 metropolitan districts certified a levy of exactly zero for 2025. A zero levy is usually a district that has organized but not yet issued bonds or begun operations. Between the 2024 and 2025 certifications alone, 51 districts went from zero to levying — 37 of them straight to 20 mills or more:
- Cottonwood Creek Metropolitan District No. 4 (Arapahoe): 0 → 74.946 mills in one year
- Centerra South Metropolitan District No. 1 (Larimer): 0 → 70.000 mills in one year
- Denmore Metropolitan District No. 3 (Weld): 0 → 64.444 mills in one year
- Lakota Pointe Metropolitan District No. 1 (Grand): 0 → 64.443 mills in one year
On a typical home that is a district tax line of roughly $2,000–3,000 a year appearing between one bill and the next.
4. The county line that halves a tax bill
Revere at Johnstown Metropolitan District No. 3 straddles the Weld–Larimer line. For 2025 it certified 45.356 mills on the Weld side and 0.000 on the Larimer side — the same district, a different tax bill by which side of the line a lot sits on. Statewide, 46 taxing entities certify different totals in different counties; this site shows each county's figure separately wherever they differ.
Reading the numbers
A mill is one dollar of tax per $1,000 of assessed — not market — value. Under Colorado's 2025 residential assessment rates, a $600,000 home has an assessed value in the neighborhood of $40,000, so a 75-mill district levy is roughly $3,000 a year, on top of county, school, and city levies. Exact bills depend on the assessed value and the assessment rate in force; your county assessor computes them. We report certified levies and never calculate anyone's bill.
Sources and method
Primary source: each county's annual certification under C.R.S. §39-1-111, compiled statewide by the Division of Property Taxation and published on the state's open geodata service (CC-BY 4.0), tax years 2024 and 2025, collected 2026-08-08. Independently cross-checked against six counties' own certification files (El Paso, Boulder, Jefferson, Arapahoe, Weld, Larimer); every named extreme in those counties matches the county's own file to the third decimal. Douglas and Adams figures rest on the state compilation alone — those counties publish no machine-readable certification of their own. A district spanning counties is counted once, at its highest certified figure. Found an error? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Cite as: "data compiled by The HOA Book (https://thehoabook.com/research/metro-district-levies-2025/)". The dataset behind this report is a direct CSV download (every entity, county, and year; custom cuts on request). Each district named above links to its full record: levy history, bond share, boundary map, board contact, and source trail.