Statewide, almost 22 percent of all property taxes paid are for Iowa counties.
How do your taxes compare with other counties?
Using information from the Iowa Department of Management and the U.S. Census Bureau, TEF created scorecards by looking at the change in three measurements from Fiscal Year 2016 to Fiscal Year 2017.
Scoring was as follows for each category:
These scorecards are meant to provide objective data that is consistent among taxing authorities. TEF did not investigate the reason for a location’s rate or revenue change; circumstances vary from location to location.
The default table is sorted by total points and then alphabetically.
| County | Change in Property Tax Urban Rate | Change in Property Tax Rural Rate | Property Tax Revenue growth compared to inflation + population growth | $ Change in property tax revenue per resident | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hawk | -4.50% | -1.21% | -6.60% | ($131.11) | 4 |
| Buchanan | -5.30% | -5.26% | -3.40% | ($2.25) | 4 |
| Clarke | -10.50% | -6.37% | -7.50% | ($5.66) | 4 |
| Clinton | -2.10% | -1.81% | -2.30% | ($14.52) | 4 |
| Grundy | -3.30% | -0.44% | -4.60% | ($18.85) | 4 |
| Lee | -1.90% | -4.67% | -5.50% | ($181.65) | 4 |
| Mills | -3.50% | -2.31% | -4.00% | ($5.10) | 4 |
| Monroe | -0.90% | -0.64% | -3.70% | ($607.91) | 4 |
| Page | -10.10% | -7.41% | -7.90% | ($63.10) | 4 |
| Story | -10.30% | -6.58% | -9.10% | ($33.16) | 4 |
| Warren | -0.20% | -0.10% | -3.10% | ($0.94) | 4 |
| Worth | -0.80% | -0.53% | -2.30% | ($13.04) | 4 |
| Adams | -3.20% | -2.23% | 1.30% | ($933.26) | 2 |
| Appanoose | -1.10% | -0.77% | -7.60% | $58.99 | 2 |
| Butler | -3.70% | -2.29% | -3.90% | $50.95 | 2 |
| Cedar | -0.20% | -1.67% | -0.10% | $42.73 | 2 |
| Cerro Gordo | -0.30% | -0.17% | -1.80% | $46.18 | 2 |
| Cherokee | -7.60% | -7.75% | -2.20% | $148.64 | 2 |
| Des Moines | -5.00% | -3.85% | -4.00% | $50.37 | 2 |
| Floyd | -0.80% | -2.70% | -3.60% | $18.30 | 2 |
| Franklin | -13.40% | -8.37% | -9.30% | $122.42 | 2 |
| Hamilton | -6.20% | -3.74% | -7.70% | $66.11 | 2 |
| Hancock | -1.10% | -0.57% | -1.20% | $63.69 | 2 |
| Hardin | -4.10% | -0.45% | 1.70% | ($12.58) | 2 |
| Harrison | -8.60% | -7.75% | -4.20% | $47.89 | 2 |
| Henry | -14.30% | -9.52% | -13.80% | $11.66 | 2 |
| Iowa | -5.30% | -3.60% | -2.00% | $52.49 | 2 |
| Johnson | -1.90% | -1.27% | 1.20% | ($5.08) | 2 |
| Kossuth | -5.50% | -4.68% | -3.40% | $72.84 | 2 |
| Lucas | -1.70% | -3.05% | -3.50% | $62.67 | 2 |
| Marshall | -6.70% | -4.74% | -5.50% | $5.61 | 2 |
| Monona | -4.40% | -4.54% | -1.40% | $129.32 | 2 |
| Montgomery | -3.60% | -4.96% | -1.50% | $73.03 | 2 |
| O'Brien | -8.10% | -6.33% | -3.10% | $61.16 | 2 |
| Palo Alto | -6.70% | -4.26% | -4.30% | $34.96 | 2 |
| Pottawattamie | -4.00% | -2.87% | -5.30% | $17.04 | 2 |
| Sac | -4.10% | -0.32% | -4.20% | $31.90 | 2 |
| Scott | -3.00% | -2.50% | -3.60% | $7.14 | 2 |
| Shelby | -3.30% | -1.43% | -0.80% | $130.05 | 2 |
| Union | -8.80% | -5.61% | -5.30% | $169.55 | 2 |
| Van Buren | -3.40% | -5.78% | -1.00% | $159.87 | 2 |
| Wapello | -0.50% | -2.31% | -1.20% | $8.67 | 2 |
| Washington | -2.90% | -4.08% | 0.00% | $91.11 | 2 |
| Benton | -1.30% | 0.00% | -0.50% | $61.00 | 1 |
| Linn | 0.00% | -0.63% | -3.60% | $10.64 | 1 |
| Muscatine | 0.00% | -0.01% | 1.10% | ($12.67) | 1 |
| Bremer | -2.40% | -1.36% | 1.70% | $20.38 | 0 |
| Cass | -0.40% | -0.36% | 1.00% | $21.99 | 0 |
| Chickasaw | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.70% | $116.34 | 0 |
| Clayton | -1.80% | -1.23% | 1.20% | $38.77 | 0 |
| Delaware | -3.30% | -2.23% | 5.00% | $76.74 | 0 |
| Dickinson | -6.10% | -3.88% | 0.20% | $93.70 | 0 |
| Emmet | -1.10% | -0.71% | 2.10% | $48.32 | 0 |
| Fayette | -1.70% | -1.09% | 3.60% | $135.09 | 0 |
| Guthrie | -0.30% | -0.23% | 4.80% | $550.68 | 0 |
| Howard | -2.40% | -1.50% | 1.40% | $59.87 | 0 |
| Jasper | 5.20% | 2.57% | -1.20% | ($114.90) | 0 |
| Jones | -2.70% | -3.86% | 0.20% | $50.56 | 0 |
| Keokuk | -3.60% | -2.28% | 1.30% | $235.14 | 0 |
| Louisa | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.00% | ($115.87) | 0 |
| Lyon | -2.50% | -1.43% | 2.30% | $46.63 | 0 |
| Mitchell | 0.00% | 0.00% | -2.70% | $34.28 | 0 |
| Plymouth | -0.80% | -0.40% | 3.60% | $13.34 | 0 |
| Pocahontas | -0.50% | 0.20% | -0.20% | $105.87 | 0 |
| Polk | 0.00% | 0.00% | 2.60% | ($44.39) | 0 |
| Sioux | -3.50% | -2.37% | 7.70% | $42.78 | 0 |
| Taylor | -4.90% | -5.30% | 0.30% | $85.65 | 0 |
| Webster | -7.00% | -4.43% | 6.80% | $5.67 | 0 |
| Winneshiek | -0.30% | -1.87% | 3.50% | $191.80 | 0 |
| Woodbury | -0.80% | -1.34% | 5.50% | $50.13 | 0 |
| Adair | 0.00% | 0.56% | -4.50% | $99.90 | -1 |
| Dubuque | -1.40% | 0.00% | 1.70% | $161.04 | -1 |
| Greene | 0.00% | 0.46% | -1.50% | $99.10 | -1 |
| Ida | 0.00% | -2.00% | 0.30% | $80.72 | -1 |
| Jackson | 0.00% | 0.01% | -1.00% | $77.18 | -1 |
| Boone | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.20% | $25.38 | -2 |
| Clay | 2.30% | -0.32% | 7.30% | $63.42 | -2 |
| Dallas | 3.20% | 1.59% | -0.70% | $23.07 | -2 |
| Decatur | 8.30% | 2.84% | -1.40% | $52.58 | -2 |
| Humboldt | 1.20% | 0.72% | -2.70% | $59.59 | -2 |
| Madison | 8.30% | 5.50% | 3.70% | ($15.29) | -2 |
| Marion | -0.70% | 0.07% | 2.10% | $43.05 | -2 |
| Osceola | -0.40% | 0.01% | 3.00% | $174.36 | -2 |
| Tama | 0.00% | 0.00% | 2.60% | $64.12 | -2 |
| Wayne | -0.30% | 0.00% | 0.30% | $87.99 | -2 |
| Carroll | 0.00% | 0.41% | 0.20% | $35.42 | -3 |
| Allamakee | 1.10% | 0.68% | 7.70% | $131.48 | -4 |
| Audubon | 11.30% | 6.03% | 5.50% | $680.83 | -4 |
| Buena Vista | 0.40% | 0.25% | 0.10% | $12.25 | -4 |
| Calhoun | 11.90% | 7.31% | 4.50% | $130.00 | -4 |
| Crawford | 5.60% | 3.11% | 3.60% | $6.19 | -4 |
| Davis | 20.90% | 25.15% | 16.40% | $186.59 | -4 |
| Fremont | 1.10% | 0.75% | 5.30% | $49.49 | -4 |
| Jefferson | 1.90% | 1.37% | 7.40% | $193.28 | -4 |
| Mahaska | 24.90% | 12.94% | 13.40% | $76.56 | -4 |
| Poweshiek | 2.40% | 1.25% | 2.00% | $58.96 | -4 |
| Ringgold | 5.80% | 3.81% | 4.10% | $187.00 | -4 |
| Winnebago | 15.00% | 6.22% | 10.10% | $154.38 | -4 |
| Wright | 1.50% | 0.95% | 1.30% | $44.92 | -4 |
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