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Quasqueton

$3,120 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($37.05 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$1,110 a yearof that goes to the city ($13.12 per $1,000)

$227,894property taxes the city levies, FY27

$460,614city 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.

Jeffrey WerlingQuasqueton City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Joseph MillerQuasqueton Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Orlan LoveQuasqueton City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Annette MauserQuasqueton City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Bill KressQuasqueton City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Sara ConnollyQuasqueton 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 Quasqueton

Homes and businesses in most of Quasqueton pay a combined $37.05 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Buchanan County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $13.12. Estimate your bill.

East Buchanan schools$13.9438%
City of Quasqueton$13.1235%
Buchanan County$6.8018%
Hawkeye Community College$1.364%
Buchanan People'S Memorial Hospital$1.083%
Buchanan County Assessor$0.541%
Buchanan County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.21<1%

Rates over time

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

CombinedCity’s own

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$34.29	$11.54
FY21	$34.66	$11.58
FY22	$35.95	$14.52
FY23	$34.30	$10.61
FY24	$33.74	$10.84
FY25	$37.23	$14.34
FY26	$37.55	$14.34
FY27	$37.05	$13.12

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$34.29	$11.54
FY21	$34.66	$11.58
FY22	$35.95	$14.52
FY23	$34.30	$10.61
FY24	$33.74	$10.84
FY25	$37.23	$14.34
FY26	$37.55	$14.34
FY27	$37.05	$13.12

Compared with places this size³

Quasqueton’s city property tax rate of $13.12 per $1,000 is the 87th highest of 180 Iowa cities with 390–860 people. The middle of the group is $13.01.

See all 180

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Exira	$24.81	766
2	Rolfe	$22.67	505
3	Dayton	$22.51	766
4	Charter Oak	$21.32	521
5	Oxford Junction	$20.84	424
6	Earling	$20.47	394
7	Correctionville	$19.84	759
8	Pomeroy	$19.60	511
9	Dumont	$19.04	614
10	Seymour	$18.78	646
11	Dexter	$18.69	631
12	Fonda	$18.52	636
13	Kanawha	$18.11	638
14	Swea City	$18.04	545
15	Alden	$17.90	738
16	Elma	$17.82	493
17	Dows	$17.70	509
18	New Hartford	$17.69	555
19	Emerson	$17.54	401
20	Walnut	$17.46	728
21	Murray	$17.44	609
22	Thompson	$17.25	478
23	Ashton	$17.17	434
24	Colo	$17.14	856
25	Burt	$17.10	404
26	Latimer	$16.96	477
27	Adair	$16.84	792
28	Elk Horn	$16.78	631
29	Oxford	$16.70	715
30	Buffalo Center	$16.58	839
31	Whittemore	$16.54	478
32	Bancroft	$16.52	677
33	Titonka	$16.45	491
34	Eldon	$16.42	788
35	Early	$16.35	571
36	Truro	$16.34	515
37	Bayard	$16.05	402
38	Scranton	$16.01	496
39	Armstrong	$15.87	847
40	Ruthven	$15.84	710
41	Minden	$15.77	581
42	Walker	$15.74	671
43	Newell	$15.49	850
44	Riceville	$15.31	807
45	Russell	$15.18	475
46	Gilbertville	$15.15	792
47	Stanwood	$15.12	612
48	Stratford	$15.03	688
49	Zearing	$14.99	508
50	Readlyn	$14.99	857
51	Arlington	$14.98	415
52	Maynard	$14.85	466
53	Plainfield	$14.84	392
54	Otho	$14.82	417
55	Wyoming	$14.81	526
56	Humeston	$14.80	472
57	Hopkinton	$14.79	622
58	Essex	$14.76	721
59	Gilmore City	$14.60	484
60	Garnavillo	$14.52	751
61	Maxwell	$14.50	862
62	Sabula	$14.38	498
63	Collins	$14.32	503
64	Clermont	$14.30	571
65	Moulton	$14.25	596
66	Ocheyedan	$14.22	424
67	Mcgregor	$14.20	725
68	Olin	$14.19	652
69	Garwin	$14.08	469
70	Farragut	$14.07	480
71	Elgin	$14.05	676
72	Lime Springs	$13.95	467
73	Dow City	$13.94	477
74	Ossian	$13.88	777
75	Redfield	$13.73	719
76	Victor	$13.72	852
77	Sioux Rapids	$13.63	722
78	Donnellson	$13.63	859
79	Albion	$13.58	444
80	Gladbrook	$13.58	775
81	Lamont	$13.57	429
82	New Albin	$13.55	435
83	Rockford	$13.52	722
84	Boyden	$13.39	694
85	Lawler	$13.39	392
86	Van Horne	$13.27	768
87	Quasqueton	$13.12	587
88	Farmington	$13.10	583
89	Anthon	$13.05	534
90	Little Rock	$13.03	447
91	Coggon	$12.99	691
92	Lehigh	$12.97	395
93	Earlville	$12.90	713
94	Brighton	$12.88	592
95	Montrose	$12.78	734
96	Goldfield	$12.73	617
97	Wellsburg	$12.68	709
98	Delmar	$12.68	541
99	Galva	$12.68	416
100	Badger	$12.67	540
101	Martensdale	$12.63	413
102	Stanton	$12.62	664
103	Hospers	$12.58	703
104	Norway	$12.53	463
105	Everly	$12.51	570
106	Hazleton	$12.48	711
107	Alburnett	$12.30	672
108	Hubbard	$12.30	837
109	Moravia	$12.27	625
110	Hedrick	$12.22	717
111	Carson	$12.22	772
112	Wheatland	$12.18	765
113	Schaller	$12.14	702
114	Hawkeye	$12.11	429
115	Afton	$11.96	864
116	Lowden	$11.93	767
117	Albert City	$11.88	627
118	Thornton	$11.86	394
119	Runnells	$11.79	467
120	Allerton	$11.72	432
121	Merrill	$11.64	713
122	Ellsworth	$11.57	495
123	Morning Sun	$11.50	702
124	Battle Creek	$11.49	683
125	Wall Lake	$11.43	739
126	West Bend	$11.42	770
127	Dakota City	$11.39	764
128	Dunkerton	$11.30	840
129	Miles	$11.28	400
130	Sutherland	$11.25	628
131	Arcadia	$11.23	588
132	Whiting	$11.21	725
133	Shelby	$11.17	730
134	Blairstown	$11.04	705
135	Manilla	$11.01	756
136	Milton	$10.98	395
137	Hamburg	$10.95	863
138	Ireton	$10.93	571
139	Fontanelle	$10.88	684
140	Richland	$10.82	532
141	Grand Mound	$10.78	608
142	Batavia	$10.77	434
143	Cambridge	$10.53	844
144	Lovilia	$10.46	456
145	Schleswig	$10.39	820
146	Melbourne	$10.38	771
147	Radcliffe	$10.37	540
148	Stacyville	$10.36	436
149	Ventura	$10.22	701
150	Milo	$10.20	762
151	Hartford	$10.16	729
152	What Cheer	$10.01	595
153	Cumming	$9.85	527
154	Graettinger	$9.81	810
155	Breda	$9.80	492
156	Doon	$9.78	640
157	Long Grove	$9.59	849
158	Alleman	$9.12	439
159	Winthrop	$8.94	814
160	Crescent	$8.72	626
161	Ainsworth	$8.62	511
162	Grand Junction	$8.57	715
163	Gilman	$8.10	530
164	Lakeside	$8.10	695
165	Lost Nation	$8.10	425
166	Kellogg	$8.10	597
167	Grandview	$8.10	431
168	Agency	$7.94	623
169	Fremont	$7.86	688
170	Delhi	$7.81	438
171	Klemme	$7.74	429
172	Beacon	$7.56	434
173	Marquette	$7.08	434
174	Raymond	$6.85	754
175	Keystone	$6.80	616
176	Shueyville	$6.79	725
177	New Virginia	$5.97	499
178	University Park	$5.27	476
179	Orleans	$4.13	503
180	Okoboji	$3.83	729

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$124,92655%
Debt Service Levy$46,96721%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$31,40514%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$23,26710%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Quasqueton’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 179 Iowa cities closest in size (390–860 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (179)
Public Works	40¢	17¢
Business Type / Enterprise	17¢	40¢
Public Safety	13¢	10¢
General Government	13¢	12¢
Culture and Recreation	9¢	9¢
Everything else	8¢	7¢

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.

Public Works$213,69146%
General Government$85,93019%
Public Safety$56,84012%
Culture and Recreation$54,73912%
Debt Service$47,61410%
Community and Economic Development$1,8000%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($102,796 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$160,281	$191,562
Public Safety	$47,208	$70,060
Health and Social Services	$0	$200
General Government	$58,100	$60,958
Debt Service	$16,781	$288,535
Culture and Recreation	$38,565	$41,755
Community and Economic Development	$1,650	$1,653
Capital Projects	$0	$33,153
Business Type / Enterprise	$95,850	$89,331

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁴

$777,207

$476,225

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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

$80,951 in FY25: up 13% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 10% less. Road Use Tax, the money for streets the state sends every year by formula, is up 13% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 10% less; grants come and go.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$78,394	$78,438	$80,514	$80,951
ICAP Grant	–	$42,165	$2,000	–
Other state money	$42,165	–	–	–

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$78,394	$78,438	$80,514	$80,951
ICAP Grant	–	$42,165	$2,000	–
Other state money	$42,165	–	–	–

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−10%$71,569 → $80,951, up 13% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 10% 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 38% since FY20 while prices rose 24%, so it buys 11% more.

$71,852

$70,381

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Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Quasqueton City Council At-Large

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Jeffrey Werling Winner8438.7%
Orlan Love Winner8137.3%
Angela Murray 5224.0%

Quasqueton Mayor

Joseph Miller Unopposed98100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁶

Dan Zumbach (Sen. 34)Craig P. Johnson (Rep. 67)

U.S. House:District 2

Buchanan County East Buchanan 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 Quasqueton; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Quasqueton 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.