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Stanhope

$4,470 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($53.09 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$2,450 a yearof that goes to the city ($29.10 per $1,000)

$299,082property taxes the city levies, FY27

$696,031city 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.

Devin HensleyStanhope City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Jeff SchroederStanhope Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Thomas StuppStanhope City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Beau JensenStanhope City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Jill HamanStanhope City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Vickie AndersonStanhope 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 Stanhope

Homes and businesses in most of Stanhope pay a combined $53.09 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). They pay it all to the Hamilton County treasurer, who passes each government its share; the city sets and gets only its own piece, $29.10. Estimate your bill.

City of Stanhope$29.1055%
South Hamilton schools$13.6026%
Hamilton County$6.0311%
Hamilton County Hospital$1.904%
Iowa Central Community College$1.573%
Hamilton County Assessor$0.671%
Hamilton County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.21<1%

Rates over time

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

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$37.35	$12.81
FY21	$37.92	$13.16
FY22	$38.49	$13.48
FY23	$37.76	$13.10
FY24	$39.37	$14.86
FY25	$40.92	$20.06
FY26	$49.27	$24.68
FY27	$53.09	$29.10

Show the numbers

Year	Combined	City’s own
FY20	$37.35	$12.81
FY21	$37.92	$13.16
FY22	$38.49	$13.48
FY23	$37.76	$13.10
FY24	$39.37	$14.86
FY25	$40.92	$20.06
FY26	$49.27	$24.68
FY27	$53.09	$29.10

Compared with places this size³

Stanhope’s city property tax rate of $29.10 per $1,000 is the 1st highest of 199 Iowa cities with 240–530 people. The middle of the group is $12.63.

See all 199

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Stanhope	$29.10	354
2	Rolfe	$22.67	505
3	Fenton	$22.05	250
4	Elliott	$21.61	328
5	Charter Oak	$21.32	521
6	Oxford Junction	$20.84	424
7	Earling	$20.47	394
8	Pomeroy	$19.60	511
9	Fort Atkinson	$19.19	300
10	Salem	$19.15	380
11	Cumberland	$18.42	248
12	Massena	$18.23	352
13	Elma	$17.82	493
14	Callender	$17.78	361
15	Casey	$17.72	387
16	Dows	$17.70	509
17	Vail	$17.66	383
18	Ringsted	$17.65	346
19	Emerson	$17.54	401
20	Thompson	$17.25	478
21	Ashton	$17.17	434
22	Pierson	$17.12	335
23	Burt	$17.10	404
24	Pisgah	$17.09	248
25	Latimer	$16.96	477
26	Lohrville	$16.95	366
27	Lakota	$16.84	261
28	Marble Rock	$16.78	258
29	Auburn	$16.65	253
30	Mccallsburg	$16.58	356
31	Whittemore	$16.54	478
32	Irwin	$16.46	320
33	Titonka	$16.45	491
34	Truro	$16.34	515
35	Lewis	$16.25	358
36	Corwith	$16.22	259
37	Deep River	$16.18	243
38	Duncombe	$16.10	374
39	Bayard	$16.05	402
40	Scranton	$16.01	496
41	Granville	$16.00	302
42	Minburn	$15.75	317
43	Peterson	$15.27	321
44	Russell	$15.18	475
45	Zearing	$14.99	508
46	Arlington	$14.98	415
47	Riverton	$14.94	243
48	Maynard	$14.85	466
49	Plainfield	$14.84	392
50	Ryan	$14.84	348
51	Otho	$14.82	417
52	Wyoming	$14.81	526
53	Humeston	$14.80	472
54	Gilmore City	$14.60	484
55	Sabula	$14.38	498
56	Garrison	$14.38	345
57	Halbur	$14.37	268
58	Lorimor	$14.36	377
59	Crystal Lake	$14.36	243
60	Collins	$14.32	503
61	Kimballton	$14.27	281
62	Ocheyedan	$14.22	424
63	Steamboat Rock	$14.19	261
64	Garwin	$14.08	469
65	Farragut	$14.07	480
66	Mystic	$14.01	318
67	Lime Springs	$13.95	467
68	Dow City	$13.94	477
69	Wesley	$13.91	382
70	Diagonal	$13.91	331
71	Bussey	$13.83	378
72	Mondamin	$13.82	335
73	Livermore	$13.78	382
74	Fertile	$13.70	300
75	Stockport	$13.68	272
76	Kellerton	$13.60	241
77	Albion	$13.58	444
78	Quimby	$13.58	245
79	Lamont	$13.57	429
80	New Albin	$13.55	435
81	Persia	$13.41	292
82	Lawler	$13.39	392
83	Lacona	$13.38	336
84	Leland	$13.31	240
85	Ute	$13.26	326
86	New Market	$13.25	381
87	Plymouth	$13.21	368
88	Harcourt	$13.21	257
89	Bennett	$13.16	330
90	Ridgeway	$13.10	261
91	Farmersburg	$13.09	264
92	Little Rock	$13.03	447
93	Lehigh	$12.97	395
94	Menlo	$12.92	347
95	Templeton	$12.91	337
96	Silver City	$12.87	244
97	Martelle	$12.83	250
98	Malcom	$12.82	257
99	Galva	$12.68	416
100	Martensdale	$12.63	413
101	Williams	$12.57	299
102	Maurice	$12.56	271
103	Norway	$12.53	463
104	Clearfield	$12.50	277
105	Kensett	$12.47	256
106	Mccausland	$12.45	314
107	Spillville	$12.40	371
108	Modale	$12.34	284
109	Mingo	$12.31	314
110	Brandon	$12.29	331
111	Blakesburg	$12.21	273
112	Bonaparte	$12.17	357
113	Macedonia	$12.12	266
114	Hawkeye	$12.11	429
115	Kiron	$12.03	262
116	Colesburg	$11.97	379
117	Liscomb	$11.96	292
118	Thornton	$11.86	394
119	Runnells	$11.79	467
120	Allerton	$11.72	432
121	Atalissa	$11.71	287
122	Kelley	$11.69	312
123	Orient	$11.66	363
124	Ellsworth	$11.57	495
125	Cincinnati	$11.57	280
126	Delta	$11.52	257
127	Terril	$11.48	310
128	Westside	$11.45	283
129	Holland	$11.37	261
130	Churdan	$11.31	359
131	Mallard	$11.28	255
132	Miles	$11.28	400
133	Milton	$10.98	395
134	New Vienna	$10.91	384
135	Letts	$10.91	358
136	Goose Lake	$10.89	250
137	Birmingham	$10.87	371
138	Charlotte	$10.86	386
139	Yale	$10.85	265
140	Batavia	$10.77	434
141	Hornick	$10.74	255
142	Riverdale	$10.67	385
143	Bode	$10.64	304
144	Union	$10.58	378
145	Calamus	$10.47	348
146	Lovilia	$10.46	456
147	Danbury	$10.43	315
148	Lytton	$10.38	274
149	Stacyville	$10.36	436
150	Rhodes	$10.36	269
151	Deloit	$10.28	246
152	Protivin	$10.28	264
153	Andrew	$10.22	374
154	Royal	$10.20	379
155	Bronson	$10.14	294
156	Rudd	$10.13	339
157	Defiance	$10.05	248
158	Floyd	$10.02	297
159	Cumming	$9.85	527
160	Breda	$9.80	492
161	Lynnville	$9.68	382
162	Salix	$9.63	303
163	Luxemburg	$9.58	240
164	Farnhamville	$9.18	364
165	Middletown	$9.16	365
166	Alleman	$9.12	439
167	Lester	$8.94	309
168	Harvey	$8.71	242
169	Ainsworth	$8.62	511
170	Rowley	$8.31	264
171	Gilman	$8.10	530
172	Lost Nation	$8.10	425
173	Low Moor	$8.10	242
174	Bertram	$8.10	267
175	Grandview	$8.10	431
176	Nichols	$8.10	317
177	Luana	$7.98	303
178	Lockridge	$7.92	245
179	Delhi	$7.81	438
180	Klemme	$7.74	429
181	Pulaski	$7.58	259
182	Beacon	$7.56	434
183	Sheldahl	$7.56	312
184	Worthington	$7.50	374
185	Harpers Ferry	$7.49	273
186	Marquette	$7.08	434
187	Columbus City	$6.94	385
188	Donahue	$6.83	336
189	Libertyville	$6.60	278
190	Keswick	$6.49	238
191	Crawfordsville	$6.44	278
192	New Virginia	$5.97	499
193	Holy Cross	$5.91	348
194	Conesville	$5.86	350
195	University Park	$5.27	476
196	Orleans	$4.13	503
197	Maharishi Vedic City	$3.87	290
198	Wahpeton	$3.19	337
199	West Okoboji	$2.92	311

The $8.10 limit

Stanhope’s general levy is $8.26 per $1,000 of taxable value in FY27, $0.16 above the limit; it has to come down in steps.⁴ 110 of 934 Iowa cities have a higher general levy. All cities.

$8.10

FY23 $8.10 · FY24 $8.10 · FY25 $8.26 · FY26 $8.26 · FY27 $8.26 (before FY25, the general levy alone)

Outside the limit: $20.84 more⁵

Debt Service Levy$10.51 · $107,231
Liability, property & self insurance costs$8.71 · $88,845
Total Employee Benefit Levies$1.63 · $16,630

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.

Debt Service Levy$107,23136%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$88,84530%
Consolidate General Fund$84,27128%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$16,6306%

Budget and spending

Reading a local budget

Where each dollar of Stanhope’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 197 Iowa cities closest in size (240–530 people).

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (197)
Business Type / Enterprise	57¢	39¢
Public Works	11¢	20¢
Public Safety	10¢	9¢
Debt Service	9¢	4¢
General Government	8¢	16¢
Everything else	5¢	10¢

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.

Debt Service$215,88031%
General Government$171,00025%
Public Works$132,85019%
Public Safety$127,18218%
Culture and Recreation$47,1197%
Health and Social Services$2,0000%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($733,287 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$112,793	$86,635
Public Safety	$107,724	$70,961
Health and Social Services	$4,750	$120
General Government	$40,472	$40,933
Debt Service	$43,855	$44,763
Culture and Recreation	$60,971	$56,006
Community and Economic Development	$5,173	$3,000
Capital Projects	$32,507	$1,559
Business Type / Enterprise	$585,445	$714,160

What it spent each year

FY24 left out⁶

$1.9M

$1.5M

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? ⁷

What the state pays the city every year

Road Use Tax for streets, the commercial and industrial tax “backfill”, and ambulance reimbursement, paid every year by formula: $51,695 in FY25, down 6% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 25% less. Grants are below.

Show the numbers

Source	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Road Use Tax (streets)	$51,763	$50,093	$51,416	$51,695

Grants and project money

State grants and money for specific projects (roads, development, natural resources) vary with what the city applies for and wins, so they aren’t counted as the state’s regular support.

$45,720

$1,269

State grants$1,269100%

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$0
FY20	$0
FY21	$9,412
FY22	$45,720
FY23	$29,606
FY24	$61
FY25	$1,269

Show the numbers

Year	Grants and projects
FY19	$0
FY20	$0
FY21	$9,412
FY22	$45,720
FY23	$29,606
FY24	$61
FY25	$1,269

Has it kept up with prices?

Each source from FY19 to FY25, after inflation.

Road Use Tax (streets)−25%$55,236 → $51,695, down 6% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 25% 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 26% since FY19 while prices rose 25%, so it buys 1% more.

$55,945

$49,419

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 3

Stanhope City Council At-Large

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Thomas Stupp Winner9741.1%
Devin Hensley Winner8636.4%
Mindy Hetland 5322.5%

Stanhope City Council At-Large To Fill a Vacancy

No candidates listed.

Stanhope Mayor

Jeff Schroeder Winner6258.5%
Roger Hayes Jr. 4441.5%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸

Dennis Guth (Sen. 28)Shannon Latham (Rep. 55)

U.S. House:District 4

Hamilton County South Hamilton schools

Notas

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. ↩
Iowa Code section 384.1, as changed by House File 718 (2023). Until FY25 a city’s regular general levy was capped at $8.10 by itself, and a city at the cap could add an emergency levy of up to $0.27. From FY25 the general levy and several smaller levies were combined into one “consolidated” general levy with an $8.10 limit; a city whose combined rate was above $8.10 lowers it in steps, in years its taxable value grows by more than the law allows, until it reaches $8.10. So years before FY25 aren’t directly comparable with later ones. ↩
Levies outside the limit are each set aside for one purpose and have their own rules: debt service pays back bonds voters or the council approved, employee benefits cover pensions and insurance, and some (transit, an airport, insurance costs) have their own caps in state law. ↩
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 Stanhope; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Stanhope works within. ↩

Fuentes: 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.

Stanhope

Who runs it

Meetings and agendas

Property taxes

Who gets a property owner’s tax bill in Stanhope

Rates over time

Compared with places this size3

The $8.10 limit

Outside the limit: $20.84 more5

The city’s levies, FY27

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Stanhope’s budget goes, FY26

Planned spending, FY27

What it spent each year

State money

What the state pays the city every year

Grants and project money

Has it kept up with prices?

Collected by the state for the city

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress8

Compared with places this size³

Outside the limit: $20.84 more⁵

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁸