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Calipatria, CA Property Tax Rate (FY 2025-26)

Calipatria's property tax rate is 1.1996% for fiscal year 2025-26 in its primary tax rate area: the 1% Proposition 13 base plus 0.1996% in voter-approved bonds.

First-year property tax by purchase price

Under Proposition 13 the purchase price becomes the assessed value, so the first-year tax at the city rate is the price times 1.1996%. Fixed assessments come on top. Your true tax rate is the two together, the tax at the city rate plus fixed assessments, divided by the purchase price on a newly purchased home.

Estimated first-year property tax in Calipatria, CA at 1.1996% (FY 2025-26)
Purchase priceAnnual taxMonthly
$500,000$5,998.00$499.83
$750,000$8,997.00$749.75
$1,000,000$11,996.00$999.67
$1,500,000$17,994.00$1,499.50
$2,000,000$23,992.00$1,999.33

Property tax calculator

Search for a city, then change the price, rate or fixed assessments to estimate a first-year bill. It uses the same math as Mortgage Blueprint's tax breakdown.

Fixed assessments are the Mello-Roos, parcel taxes and special assessments on the property's tax bill. We start with an estimate of $1,500 a year. They vary by parcel, so check the actual bill.

Look up your Imperial County tax bill

Annual property tax$13,412.03$1,117.67 a month
True tax rate1.341%the rate you really pay

Your true tax rate counts the whole bill, not just the city rate. On a newly purchased home: ($11,912.03 at the city rate + $1,500.00 in fixed assessments) ÷ $1,000,000 purchase price.

How that adds up
Home exemption-$7,000
Taxable value$993,000
Tax at the city rate$11,912.03
Fixed assessments$1,500.00
Annual property tax$13,412.03

What this rate leaves out

Look up a tax bill

Look up your Imperial County property tax bill on the Imperial County Treasurer-Tax Collector site. Imperial County property tax rates and due dates.

Loan limits

Calipatria is in Imperial County, where the 2026 conforming loan limit for a one-unit home is $832,750. Imperial County loan limits.

Other cities in Imperial County

Property tax rates, Imperial County (FY 2025-26)
City or communityTax rate (FY 2025-26)
Brawley1.1392%
Calexico1.2559%
El Centro1.1530%
Holtville1.1087%
Imperial1.1063%
Westmorland1.1450%

Source

Rate from County of Imperial Multi-Year Tax Rates, Tax Year 2025 (run 8/21/2025). All California city rates.

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