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Iowa counties: property tax rates, home values and income

Counties with data

99

Census ACS 2023

Highest property tax rate

1.79%

Montgomery County

Lowest property tax rate

0.92%

Lyon County

Sources: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · Updated 11/03/2026

99 Iowa counties have published property tax and home value data. The highest effective property tax rate is in Montgomery County (1.79%); the lowest is in Lyon County (0.92%). The middle county, Harrison County, is at 1.34%. Each name opens a county profile with its tax estimate, home values, income and nearby counties.

CountyEffective property tax rateMedian home valueMedian household incomePopulation
Adair County1.32%$140,600$66,1767,471
Adams County1.27%$116,900$68,8283,641
Allamakee County1.22%$171,900$66,00014,038
Appanoose County1.25%$119,800$51,14612,242
Audubon County1.23%$110,400$54,1525,622
Benton County1.32%$198,400$84,74225,698
Black Hawk County1.53%$182,400$64,581130,693
Boone County1.43%$191,200$79,74126,669
Bremer County1.35%$207,200$83,34325,118
Buchanan County1.33%$171,400$78,43020,645
Buena Vista County1.24%$146,900$66,56420,684
Butler County1.38%$156,500$69,65114,301
Calhoun County1.32%$114,400$66,8759,858
Carroll County1.05%$175,700$68,52820,677
Cass County1.43%$133,300$61,65713,115
Cedar County1.22%$199,700$79,08018,427
Cerro Gordo County1.50%$154,100$65,53742,785
Cherokee County1.08%$145,100$64,47811,587
Chickasaw County1.10%$164,400$73,42111,868
Clarke County1.46%$160,200$66,8219,690
Clay County1.18%$171,500$64,08216,446
Clayton County1.38%$155,700$62,32617,069
Clinton County1.55%$153,800$65,17746,383
Crawford County1.32%$136,300$65,03916,289
Dallas County1.45%$333,400$102,349104,136
Davis County1.52%$146,000$79,5059,127
Decatur County1.69%$109,500$57,1467,669
Delaware County1.34%$168,700$76,20517,549
Des Moines County1.53%$137,000$60,66238,597
Dickinson County0.98%$251,600$74,57017,844
Dubuque County1.26%$226,100$75,91998,948
Emmet County1.48%$106,200$65,1819,316
Fayette County1.32%$130,800$58,76419,393
Floyd County1.39%$133,300$64,50015,502
Franklin County1.35%$118,500$63,6489,977
Fremont County1.30%$147,500$73,7506,570
Greene County1.20%$140,500$59,1598,722
Grundy County1.07%$180,500$83,61712,352
Guthrie County1.33%$163,900$79,98110,646
Hamilton County1.37%$132,300$71,75014,893
Hancock County1.19%$129,300$70,21210,718
Hardin County1.43%$113,000$64,90616,729
Harrison County1.34%$165,300$77,02714,645
Henry County1.61%$148,600$64,60420,228
Howard County1.30%$133,900$67,3369,459
Humboldt County1.29%$146,900$66,9949,573
Ida County1.06%$108,800$62,8416,944
Iowa County1.35%$189,800$72,18516,547
Jackson County1.25%$170,000$71,60519,429
Jasper County1.42%$176,800$70,12837,864
Jefferson County1.49%$161,200$56,82415,676
Johnson County1.56%$293,100$74,721154,881
Jones County1.30%$183,400$73,07120,799
Keokuk County1.33%$112,200$60,8569,964
Kossuth County1.06%$135,100$65,65614,610
Lee County1.50%$123,600$59,80333,175
Linn County1.66%$204,400$76,421229,463
Louisa County1.27%$137,600$80,22310,710
Lucas County1.48%$117,000$67,9218,685
Lyon County0.92%$215,600$72,88112,087
Madison County1.55%$236,900$89,54216,760
Mahaska County1.39%$140,900$69,01922,045
Marion County1.29%$211,100$78,05933,551
Marshall County1.51%$134,100$72,78539,971
Mills County1.46%$228,700$87,81014,563
Mitchell County1.16%$164,100$68,70410,548
Monona County1.15%$122,600$62,9448,619
Monroe County1.52%$135,900$72,5187,546
Montgomery County1.79%$109,900$63,19010,254
Muscatine County1.55%$172,400$69,51242,735
O'Brien County0.99%$158,900$68,21614,103
Osceola County1.05%$123,800$69,1386,114
Page County1.43%$120,000$57,75215,168
Palo Alto County1.23%$119,300$68,9638,902
Plymouth County1.08%$218,600$81,60025,699
Pocahontas County1.14%$93,300$63,4237,040
Polk County1.76%$248,400$81,621497,441
Pottawattamie County1.61%$183,600$71,44693,407
Poweshiek County1.28%$184,200$64,83718,582
Ringgold County1.27%$150,300$69,8214,664
Sac County1.03%$138,400$70,9919,759
Scott County1.52%$212,500$76,363174,302
Shelby County1.27%$156,200$67,69011,757
Sioux County1.16%$235,600$84,73635,984
Story County1.47%$243,600$69,00698,592
Tama County1.39%$139,900$67,95516,982
Taylor County1.21%$109,700$67,2795,901
Union County1.79%$117,800$56,81312,038
Van Buren County1.20%$118,800$60,1837,236
Wapello County1.64%$112,900$60,03435,265
Warren County1.50%$252,800$92,99053,484
Washington County1.35%$199,600$71,33922,539
Wayne County1.35%$102,300$59,1186,518
Webster County1.48%$138,500$68,05436,848
Winnebago County1.36%$132,300$63,71910,648
Winneshiek County1.16%$239,000$75,65219,972
Woodbury County1.48%$172,000$70,147105,760
Worth County1.08%$142,300$76,8757,380
Wright County1.54%$109,800$64,03312,817

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates (tables B25103, B25077, B19013, B01003). Counties where the Census Bureau does not publish all four numbers are left out.