City

Boxholm

$2,060 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($24.45 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$680 a yearof that goes to the city ($8.11 per $1,000)

$82,970property taxes the city levies, FY27

$137,030city budget, FY27, without city-run utilities (not yet reported)²

Who runs it

The city council passes ordinances, adopts the budget and sets the city’s property tax.

Nathan StuhrBoxholm City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Robyn DodsonBoxholm City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Veva Maria TeetersBoxholm City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Brandon WendtBoxholm City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Carrie Sue ShreveBoxholm Mayor · elected November 7, 2023
Victoria HellingBoxholm City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023

Officials are worked out from election results: every member whose four-year term is still running, plus appointments and titles Iowa Funnel has been told about. A resignation may not show yet.

Meetings and agendas

What the council is deciding: each agenda, the resolutions and ordinances on it, and a plain-language summary.

Iowa Funnel doesn’t read this city’s agendas yet. Every council and board posts its agenda at least 24 hours before it meets.

Property taxes

How the bill is collected · What each levy is for

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Boxholm

Homes and businesses in most of Boxholm pay a combined $24.45 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Boone County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $8.11. Estimate your bill.

Everyone else$13.1054%
City of Boxholm$8.1133%
Boone County$3.2413%

Rates over time

Per $1,000 of taxable value: the typical combined rate people in Boxholm pay, and the city government’s own piece of it.

CombinedCity’s own

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$25.02	$6.70
FY21	$26.09	$8.10
FY22	–	$8.10
FY23	–	$8.10
FY24	$23.43	$8.10
FY25	–	$7.86
FY26	$24.77	$8.42
FY27	$24.45	$8.11

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$25.02	$6.70
FY21	$26.09	$8.10
FY22	–	$8.10
FY23	–	$8.10
FY24	$23.43	$8.10
FY25	–	$7.86
FY26	$24.77	$8.42
FY27	$24.45	$8.11

Compared with places this size³

Boxholm’s city property tax rate of $8.11 per $1,000 is the 38th lowest of 200 Iowa cities with 120–270 people. The middle of the group is $11.33.

See all 200

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Brayton	$25.07	138
2	Harris	$23.13	145
3	Fenton	$22.05	250
4	Soldier	$21.92	176
5	Coulter	$21.80	220
6	Chelsea	$21.61	207
7	Smithland	$21.12	184
8	Volga	$20.23	200
9	Alta Vista	$19.88	219
10	Arthur	$19.86	218
11	Coin	$19.59	171
12	Rowan	$19.53	118
13	Chester	$19.30	134
14	Bouton	$19.25	125
15	Garden Grove	$19.20	173
16	Hastings	$18.95	157
17	Swaledale	$18.62	136
18	Cumberland	$18.42	248
19	Jamaica	$18.24	196
20	Hillsboro	$17.68	158
21	Bristow	$17.39	139
22	Woolstock	$17.26	141
23	Pisgah	$17.09	248
24	Lakota	$16.84	261
25	Marble Rock	$16.78	258
26	Auburn	$16.65	253
27	Prescott	$16.53	186
28	Monmouth	$16.41	129
29	Blockton	$16.37	123
30	Montour	$16.37	199
31	Geneva	$16.25	137
32	Corwith	$16.22	259
33	Deep River	$16.18	243
34	Waucoma	$16.17	235
35	Little Sioux	$15.74	170
36	Moorhead	$15.68	186
37	Onslow	$15.63	198
38	Linden	$15.62	206
39	Woodburn	$15.59	133
40	Kamrar	$15.47	178
41	Greeley	$15.23	216
42	Goodell	$15.16	139
43	Riverton	$14.94	243
44	Marathon	$14.89	221
45	Ladora	$14.74	223
46	Magnolia	$14.68	194
47	Bagley	$14.63	230
48	Davis City	$14.45	178
49	Lucas	$14.40	176
50	Crystal Lake	$14.36	243
51	Steamboat Rock	$14.19	261
52	Westgate	$14.05	190
53	Palmer	$13.89	137
54	Kellerton	$13.60	241
55	Quimby	$13.58	245
56	Ayrshire	$13.55	128
57	Searsboro	$13.55	129
58	Meservey	$13.43	212
59	Leland	$13.31	240
60	Harcourt	$13.21	257
61	Calumet	$13.16	144
62	Ridgeway	$13.10	261
63	Farmersburg	$13.09	264
64	Portsmouth	$13.05	187
65	Clutier	$13.03	209
66	Silver City	$12.87	244
67	Delaware	$12.86	139
68	Patterson	$12.84	176
69	Martelle	$12.83	250
70	Malcom	$12.82	257
71	Clemons	$12.69	135
72	Blencoe	$12.57	223
73	Kensett	$12.47	256
74	Millersburg	$12.40	135
75	Aurora	$12.40	165
76	Bridgewater	$12.29	145
77	Cushing	$12.18	225
78	Hanlontown	$12.17	200
79	Stout	$12.14	194
80	Webb	$12.10	139
81	Paton	$12.09	217
82	Decatur	$12.08	174
83	Kiron	$12.03	262
84	Rembrandt	$12.03	199
85	Shambaugh	$11.98	161
86	Lone Rock	$11.92	143
87	East Peru	$11.89	119
88	New Providence	$11.88	233
89	Henderson	$11.85	140
90	Parnell	$11.78	190
91	Reasnor	$11.76	157
92	Ledyard	$11.74	118
93	Joice	$11.72	206
94	Cantril	$11.69	224
95	Wadena	$11.65	201
96	Exline	$11.60	157
97	Beaman	$11.54	155
98	Delta	$11.52	257
99	College Springs	$11.44	172
100	Holland	$11.37	261
101	Mallard	$11.28	255
102	Renwick	$11.16	228
103	Linn Grove	$11.15	155
104	Dundee	$11.14	193
105	Randolph	$11.08	183
106	Leighton	$11.07	153
107	Rake	$11.05	179
108	Somers	$10.99	121
109	Frederika	$10.99	206
110	Havelock	$10.95	127
111	Alexander	$10.90	165
112	Goose Lake	$10.89	250
113	Yale	$10.85	265
114	Lambs Grove	$10.78	174
115	Wallingford	$10.75	154
116	Hornick	$10.74	255
117	Woden	$10.68	183
118	Cleghorn	$10.49	235
119	Barnes City	$10.44	152
120	Stockton	$10.37	171
121	Randall	$10.35	156
122	Dedham	$10.28	221
123	Deloit	$10.28	246
124	Protivin	$10.28	264
125	Meriden	$10.28	175
126	Drakesville	$10.24	170
127	Hancock	$10.13	199
128	La Motte	$10.09	235
129	Melvin	$10.05	196
130	Defiance	$10.05	248
131	Barnum	$9.96	186
132	Panama	$9.85	234
133	Grafton	$9.83	212
134	Clare	$9.81	133
135	Tingley	$9.81	146
136	Ionia	$9.65	220
137	Van Wert	$9.62	175
138	Rock Falls	$9.61	143
139	Kirkville	$9.59	159
140	Luxemburg	$9.58	240
141	Superior	$9.58	127
142	Rippey	$9.42	217
143	Hamilton	$9.35	125
144	Floris	$9.29	119
145	Mitchell	$9.22	118
146	Westphalia	$9.18	133
147	Elberon	$9.16	178
148	Dixon	$9.03	204
149	Blairsburg	$8.93	175
150	Prairieburg	$8.91	156
151	Oakville	$8.89	198
152	Welton	$8.86	124
153	Luther	$8.83	147
154	Harvey	$8.71	242
155	Washta	$8.65	206
156	Moorland	$8.61	169
157	Pilot Mound	$8.54	155
158	Ollie	$8.44	196
159	Thor	$8.38	182
160	Rowley	$8.31	264
161	South English	$8.27	196
162	Thurman	$8.26	162
163	Boxholm	$8.11	177
164	Fostoria	$8.10	229
165	Low Moor	$8.10	242
166	Westfield	$8.10	121
167	Laurel	$8.10	214
168	Lineville	$8.10	194
169	Vincent	$8.09	125
170	Lockridge	$7.92	245
171	Mount Auburn	$7.86	162
172	Haverhill	$7.86	164
173	Grand River	$7.86	192
174	Olds	$7.86	174
175	Dickens	$7.86	146
176	Castalia	$7.86	141
177	Rose Hill	$7.86	156
178	West Chester	$7.82	147
179	Mcclelland	$7.79	147
180	Lidderdale	$7.68	162
181	Pulaski	$7.58	259
182	Fredonia	$7.55	227
183	Braddyville	$7.49	142
184	Alvord	$7.41	216
185	Franklin	$7.31	133
186	Weldon	$7.18	134
187	Brunsville	$6.95	128
188	Packwood	$6.77	186
189	Houghton	$6.73	129
190	Williamson	$6.72	126
191	Keswick	$6.49	238
192	Lincoln	$6.32	119
193	Gravity	$6.18	149
194	Oakland Acres	$5.88	178
195	Springbrook	$5.79	145
196	Maysville	$5.77	155
197	Panorama Park	$4.62	142
198	Sherrill	$2.66	176
199	Rickardsville	$2.27	204
200	New Liberty	$2.27	141

The city’s levies, FY27

What the city raises from each levy. The general levy is capped by state law; the others are set aside for one purpose.

Consolidate General Fund$77,70197%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$2,4683%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Boxholm’s budget goes, FY26

Planned spending from all funds, including city-run utilities like water and sewer (“business type”), which some cities run and others don’t. Transfers between funds are left out. “Cities this size” is the average for the 198 Iowa cities closest in size (120–270 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (198)
Public Works	39¢	24¢
General Government	29¢	21¢
Business Type / Enterprise	17¢	32¢
Culture and Recreation	10¢	8¢
Public Safety	4¢	9¢
Everything else	2¢	2¢

Planned spending, FY27

All funds: property taxes, utility and other fees, state and federal money. “Business type” is city-run utilities and enterprises like water or sewer.

General Government$47,30035%
Public Works$43,40532%
Culture and Recreation$37,00027%
Public Safety$6,3255%
Health and Social Services$2,2002%
Community and Economic Development$8001%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($27,000 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$44,200	$41,253
Public Safety	$0	$0
Health and Social Services	$1,000	$0
General Government	$30,200	$33,469
Debt Service	$0	$0
Culture and Recreation	$16,500	$98,131
Community and Economic Development	$500	$579
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$11,000	$11,900

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁴

$185,332

$113,388

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State money

What the State of Iowa pays the city each year, and whether it has kept up with prices. Does state money keep pace? ⁵

What the state pays the city

$22,184 in FY25: up 2% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 19% less. Road Use Tax, the money for streets the state sends every year by formula, is up 2% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 19% less; grants come and go.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$21,865	$21,493	$22,064	$22,184

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$21,865	$21,493	$22,064	$22,184

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−19%$21,712 → $22,184, up 2% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 19% less

Collected by the state for the city

The local option sales tax is a city tax voters approved; the state collects it with the state sales tax and sends it back. It isn’t state aid. It’s up 55% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 24% more.

$37,767

$25,479

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Federal grants, for comparison: $13,859 in FY22.

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 1

Boxholm City Council At-Large

3 seats: the top 3 win.

Nathan Stuhr Winner2323.7%
Veva Maria Teeters Winner2121.6%
Robyn Dodson Winner2020.6%
Jose Ortiz 1919.6%
Dave Huffman 1414.4%

Local races from civicAPI and county auditors for Boxholm; official results are on each county auditor’s site.

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁶

Jesse Green (Sen. 24)Chad Behn (Rep. 48)

U.S. House:District 4

Boone CountySoutheast Webster-Grand schools

Notes

For a $200,000 home with the homestead credit, at the combined rate in most of the city. Some parts of the city pay a different rate (special districts, tax increment financing districts). ↩
Cities adopt their budgets each spring for the year starting July 1. ↩
FY27 rates from the Department of Management. A higher rate isn’t always a bigger bill: it depends on how much property there is to tax. Sizes: Census Bureau 2024 estimates. ↩
The state’s FY24 spending file repeats the year before for nearly every Iowa city, so that year isn’t shown. ↩
From the city’s annual financial reports to the state (Iowa Data Hub, city actual revenues). “Today’s dollars” adjusts each year by the consumer price index for the Midwest, so a flat line in today’s dollars means the money buys the same as before. ↩
Legislative and congressional districts that cover Boxholm; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Boxholm works within. ↩

Sources: City budgets and levies from the Department of Management; tax rates from the Iowa Data Hub; state payments from the Department of Revenue; prices from the consumer price index; legislative districts from Census Bureau maps.