City

Oxford

$3,510 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($41.68 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$1,410 a yearof that goes to the city ($16.70 per $1,000)

$432,276property taxes the city levies, FY27

$1.3Mcity 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.

Adam RobertsOxford City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Heather JohnsonOxford Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Jason GreenOxford City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Kyle VolkOxford City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Margaret B. ReihmanOxford City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Sean MurphyOxford City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Tim HennesOxford 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

Where a property tax dollar goes in Oxford

The combined rate in most of Oxford is $41.68 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). The city sets only its own piece. Estimate your bill.

Clear Creek Amana schools$16.9241%
City of Oxford$16.7040%
Johnson County$6.2415%
Kirkwood Community. College$1.433%
Johnson County Assessor$0.32<1%
Johnson County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.07<1%

Compared with places this size³

Oxford’s city property tax rate of $16.70 per $1,000 is the 30th highest of 186 Iowa cities with 480–1,100 people. The middle of the group is $12.87.

See all 186

#	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	Correctionville	$19.84	759
6	Pomeroy	$19.60	511
7	Allison	$19.06	937
8	Dumont	$19.04	614
9	Seymour	$18.78	646
10	Dexter	$18.69	631
11	Fonda	$18.52	636
12	Kanawha	$18.11	638
13	Swea City	$18.04	545
14	Greene	$17.91	971
15	Alden	$17.90	738
16	Elma	$17.82	493
17	Dows	$17.70	509
18	New Hartford	$17.69	555
19	Lansing	$17.67	959
20	Rockwell	$17.54	1,044
21	Walnut	$17.46	728
22	Murray	$17.44	609
23	Thompson	$17.25	478
24	Gowrie	$17.17	943
25	Colo	$17.14	856
26	Latimer	$16.96	477
27	Adair	$16.84	792
28	Eddyville	$16.82	965
29	Elk Horn	$16.78	631
30	Oxford	$16.70	715
31	Buffalo Center	$16.58	839
32	Whittemore	$16.54	478
33	Bancroft	$16.52	677
34	Titonka	$16.45	491
35	Eldon	$16.42	788
36	Early	$16.35	571
37	Truro	$16.34	515
38	Mechanicsville	$16.12	974
39	Scranton	$16.01	496
40	Armstrong	$15.87	847
41	Ruthven	$15.84	710
42	Minden	$15.77	581
43	Walker	$15.74	671
44	Newell	$15.49	850
45	Riceville	$15.31	807
46	Neola	$15.30	917
47	Sidney	$15.19	1,048
48	Gilbertville	$15.15	792
49	Stanwood	$15.12	612
50	Stratford	$15.03	688
51	Griswold	$15.01	975
52	Zearing	$14.99	508
53	Readlyn	$14.99	857
54	Wyoming	$14.81	526
55	Hopkinton	$14.79	622
56	Essex	$14.76	721
57	Gilmore City	$14.60	484
58	Dunlap	$14.56	1,030
59	Garnavillo	$14.52	751
60	Maxwell	$14.50	862
61	Sabula	$14.38	498
62	Collins	$14.32	503
63	Clermont	$14.30	571
64	Moulton	$14.25	596
65	Mcgregor	$14.20	725
66	Olin	$14.19	652
67	Primghar	$14.18	893
68	Farragut	$14.07	480
69	Elgin	$14.05	676
70	Dow City	$13.94	477
71	Ossian	$13.88	777
72	Redfield	$13.73	719
73	Victor	$13.72	852
74	Edgewood	$13.64	908
75	Sioux Rapids	$13.63	722
76	Donnellson	$13.63	859
77	Gladbrook	$13.58	775
78	Rockford	$13.52	722
79	Janesville	$13.43	1,052
80	Boyden	$13.39	694
81	Baxter	$13.32	983
82	Anita	$13.28	953
83	Van Horne	$13.27	768
84	Keota	$13.21	888
85	Shellsburg	$13.20	987
86	De Soto	$13.18	937
87	Quasqueton	$13.12	587
88	Farmington	$13.10	583
89	Anthon	$13.05	534
90	Odebolt	$13.00	967
91	Coggon	$12.99	691
92	Earlville	$12.90	713
93	Brighton	$12.88	592
94	Danville	$12.87	910
95	Underwood	$12.85	973
96	Malvern	$12.79	1,056
97	Montrose	$12.78	734
98	Goldfield	$12.73	617
99	Wellsburg	$12.68	709
100	Delmar	$12.68	541
101	Badger	$12.67	540
102	Stanton	$12.62	664
103	Hospers	$12.58	703
104	Everly	$12.51	570
105	Hazleton	$12.48	711
106	West Point	$12.39	903
107	Hinton	$12.38	959
108	Preston	$12.38	940
109	Alburnett	$12.30	672
110	Hubbard	$12.30	837
111	Moravia	$12.27	625
112	Hedrick	$12.22	717
113	Carson	$12.22	772
114	Wheatland	$12.18	765
115	Schaller	$12.14	702
116	Winfield	$12.04	1,006
117	Afton	$11.96	864
118	Lowden	$11.93	767
119	Tabor	$11.88	983
120	Albert City	$11.88	627
121	Aurelia	$11.84	970
122	Merrill	$11.64	713
123	Ellsworth	$11.57	495
124	Morning Sun	$11.50	702
125	Battle Creek	$11.49	683
126	Wall Lake	$11.43	739
127	West Bend	$11.42	770
128	Dakota City	$11.39	764
129	Marcus	$11.31	1,069
130	Dunkerton	$11.30	840
131	Sutherland	$11.25	628
132	Arcadia	$11.23	588
133	Whiting	$11.21	725
134	Shelby	$11.17	730
135	Blairstown	$11.04	705
136	Manilla	$11.01	756
137	Hamburg	$10.95	863
138	Clarence	$10.94	991
139	Ireton	$10.93	571
140	Fontanelle	$10.88	684
141	Richland	$10.82	532
142	Grand Mound	$10.78	608
143	Cambridge	$10.53	844
144	Swisher	$10.39	909
145	Schleswig	$10.39	820
146	Melbourne	$10.38	771
147	Radcliffe	$10.37	540
148	Elk Run Heights	$10.33	1,061
149	Fredericksburg	$10.27	983
150	Ventura	$10.22	701
151	Inwood	$10.22	962
152	Milo	$10.20	762
153	Hartford	$10.16	729
154	What Cheer	$10.01	595
155	Newhall	$9.99	887
156	Cumming	$9.85	527
157	Graettinger	$9.81	810
158	Breda	$9.80	492
159	Doon	$9.78	640
160	Long Grove	$9.59	849
161	Paullina	$9.21	979
162	Winthrop	$8.94	814
163	Crescent	$8.72	626
164	Ainsworth	$8.62	511
165	Keosauqua	$8.58	944
166	Grand Junction	$8.57	715
167	Princeton	$8.24	917
168	Gilman	$8.10	530
169	Lakeside	$8.10	695
170	Kellogg	$8.10	597
171	Riverside	$8.02	1,063
172	Agency	$7.94	623
173	Hills	$7.94	911
174	Fremont	$7.86	688
175	Larchwood	$7.52	954
176	North English	$7.49	1,030
177	Sully	$7.41	891
178	Fruitland	$7.21	928
179	Lawton	$7.10	949
180	Wayland	$7.07	935
181	Raymond	$6.85	754
182	Keystone	$6.80	616
183	Shueyville	$6.79	725
184	New Virginia	$5.97	499
185	Orleans	$4.13	503
186	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$212,34349%
Debt Service Levy$90,69221%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$69,01716%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$59,25614%

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Oxford’s budget goes, FY26

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (185)
Capital Projects	47¢	7¢
Business Type / Enterprise	19¢	41¢
Public Works	10¢	17¢
General Government	8¢	10¢
Debt Service	6¢	6¢
Everything else	10¢	20¢

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 185 Iowa cities closest in size (480–1,100 people).

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.

Capital Projects$525,00040%
Public Works$257,46119%
General Government$179,18914%
Debt Service$125,1139%
Public Safety$120,4139%
Culture and Recreation$113,6749%
Community and Economic Development$3,0000%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($416,945 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$281,478	$399,045
Public Safety	$121,748	$566,754
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$156,995	$182,575
Debt Service	$41,550	$82,827
Culture and Recreation	$59,364	$68,704
Community and Economic Development	$7,000	$8,697
Capital Projects	$299,596	$51,921
Business Type / Enterprise	$358,465	$365,538

What it spent each year

$1.7M

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State money

What the state sends the city

Sales tax and property tax credits the state paid the city: down 4% since FY14; down 20% after inflation.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Show the numbers

Program	FY27	FY22	FY14
Local option sales tax	$2,998	$4,249	$4,410

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

Ballot measures · 1

City of Oxford Public Measure MA

Passed Yes 83.9% (99) · No 16.1% (19)

Passes with more yes votes than no.

City · 3

Oxford City Council At-Large

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Jason Green Winner5752.8%
Adam Roberts Winner5147.2%

Oxford City Council At-Large To Fill a Vacancy

Kyle Volk Winner750.0%
Adam Roberts 750.0%

Oxford Mayor

Heather Johnson Unopposed68100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁴

Dawn Driscoll (Sen. 46)Judd Lawler (Rep. 91)

U.S. House:District 1

Johnson County Clear Creek-Amana 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. ↩
Legislative and congressional districts that cover Oxford; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Oxford 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.