Iowa Property Tax Rates

Property taxes in Iowa

Homeowners with a mortgage pay a median $3,091; those without one pay $2,633.
The effective rate is higher than the US rate: a home at the US median value of $332,700 would pay about $4,620 a year at Iowa's rate.
By county, rates run from 0.87% in Lyon County to 1.80% in Union County.

Property taxes by county in Iowa

99 counties, sorted by effective rate.

Property taxes by county in Iowa. Column headers sort the table.

Union	1.80%	$2,197	$122,000
Polk	1.68%	$4,396	$262,100
Linn	1.66%	$3,547	$214,300
Montgomery	1.65%	$2,007	$121,400
Decatur	1.61%	$1,831	$113,900
Clarke	1.60%	$2,578	$161,100
Wapello	1.58%	$1,974	$125,100
Pottawattamie	1.57%	$3,067	$195,700
Henry	1.56%	$2,559	$164,300
Clinton	1.53%	$2,461	$160,600
Johnson	1.52%	$4,681	$308,600
Des Moines	1.51%	$2,058	$136,500
Wright	1.51%	$1,806	$119,600
Black Hawk	1.50%	$2,842	$188,900
Muscatine	1.50%	$2,732	$182,100
Madison	1.48%	$3,624	$245,100
Emmet	1.47%	$1,680	$114,100
Mills	1.47%	$3,494	$237,800
Scott	1.47%	$3,273	$222,000
Cerro Gordo	1.45%	$2,410	$166,400
Woodbury	1.45%	$2,656	$183,200
Warren	1.43%	$3,865	$269,600
Marshall	1.42%	$2,067	$145,500
Dallas	1.41%	$5,001	$355,600
Jasper	1.41%	$2,633	$186,300
Jefferson	1.41%	$2,311	$163,400
Page	1.41%	$1,764	$125,300
Davis	1.40%	$2,269	$161,900
Story	1.40%	$3,632	$258,700
Webster	1.39%	$2,138	$153,800
Lee	1.38%	$1,955	$141,400
Boone	1.37%	$2,910	$212,400
Hardin	1.37%	$1,683	$122,500
Lucas	1.37%	$1,645	$120,200
Monroe	1.37%	$2,149	$156,300
Tama	1.37%	$2,043	$148,600
Washington	1.37%	$2,788	$203,900
Buchanan	1.36%	$2,390	$176,000
Iowa	1.36%	$2,629	$193,900
Wayne	1.36%	$1,509	$111,300
Butler	1.35%	$2,226	$165,400
Appanoose	1.34%	$1,667	$124,200
Audubon	1.34%	$1,634	$121,900
Cass	1.34%	$2,019	$150,300
Delaware	1.34%	$2,382	$177,900
Floyd	1.34%	$1,929	$143,500
Ringgold	1.34%	$2,098	$156,200
Jones	1.33%	$2,450	$184,800
Calhoun	1.32%	$1,567	$118,800
Franklin	1.32%	$1,633	$124,100
Harrison	1.32%	$2,325	$176,000
Mahaska	1.32%	$2,077	$157,800
Winnebago	1.32%	$1,781	$135,000
Benton	1.31%	$2,727	$208,200
Fayette	1.30%	$1,782	$136,800
Bremer	1.29%	$2,824	$219,600
Clayton	1.29%	$2,181	$168,500
Humboldt	1.29%	$2,011	$155,800
Adair	1.28%	$2,050	$160,400
Crawford	1.28%	$1,973	$153,700
Shelby	1.28%	$2,094	$164,000
Allamakee	1.27%	$2,190	$172,300
Adams	1.26%	$1,661	$131,600
Hamilton	1.26%	$1,977	$156,400
Keokuk	1.26%	$1,494	$118,700
Taylor	1.26%	$1,482	$117,200
Howard	1.25%	$1,853	$147,800
Dubuque	1.23%	$2,919	$237,300
Jackson	1.23%	$2,159	$175,000
Cedar	1.22%	$2,568	$211,300
Guthrie	1.22%	$2,199	$180,100
Marion	1.22%	$2,848	$233,000
Poweshiek	1.22%	$2,563	$209,300
Buena Vista	1.21%	$1,931	$159,500
Fremont	1.21%	$1,868	$154,400
Palo Alto	1.20%	$1,474	$123,200
Hancock	1.18%	$1,673	$141,400
Van Buren	1.18%	$1,355	$114,600
Louisa	1.17%	$1,751	$150,100
Ida	1.16%	$1,260	$108,900
Clay	1.15%	$2,050	$178,600
Greene	1.15%	$1,783	$155,400
Grundy	1.14%	$2,273	$198,800
Osceola	1.13%	$1,387	$122,600
Pocahontas	1.13%	$1,111	$98,100
Sioux	1.12%	$2,801	$250,100
Winneshiek	1.12%	$2,894	$259,200
Mitchell	1.10%	$1,919	$175,100
Sac	1.10%	$1,556	$141,400
Worth	1.10%	$1,600	$145,800
Carroll	1.09%	$1,916	$176,000
Plymouth	1.07%	$2,455	$228,900
Monona	1.03%	$1,467	$142,900
Chickasaw	1.02%	$1,863	$182,600
Kossuth	1.00%	$1,490	$148,300
Cherokee	0.99%	$1,569	$158,700
O'Brien	0.98%	$1,701	$173,100
Dickinson	0.92%	$2,503	$270,700
Lyon	0.87%	$1,995	$230,000

About these numbers

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid ÷ median home value, owner-occupied homes, from the Census American Community Survey 2020-2024 ACS 5-year. It shows the typical burden, not a statutory rate; bills depend on local rates, assessments and exemptions. Full methodology.