City

Danbury

$2,450 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home here, FY27, for every local government ($29.03 per $1,000 of taxable value)¹

$880 a yearof that goes to the city ($10.43 per $1,000)

$123,236property taxes the city levies, FY27

$261,366city 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.

Carol WeberDanbury City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Dale DreesDanbury City Council At-Large · elected November 4, 2025
Robert WelteDanbury Mayor · elected November 4, 2025
Joseph AllenDanbury City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Michael P. GaspersDanbury City Council At-Large · elected November 7, 2023
Sheryl R. WelteDanbury 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 Danbury

The combined rate in most of Danbury is $29.03 per $1,000 of taxable value (FY27). The city sets only its own piece. Estimate your bill.

City of Danbury$10.4336%
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto schools$9.9734%
Woodbury County$7.1124%
Western Iowa Tech Community. College$1.024%
Woodbury County Assessor$0.381%
Woodbury County Extension (ISU Extension and Outreach)$0.11<1%

Compared with places this size³

Danbury’s city property tax rate of $10.43 per $1,000 is the 56th lowest of 198 Iowa cities with 210–470 people. The middle of the group is $12.33.

See all 198

#	Place	Rate per $1,000	People
1	Stanhope	$29.10	354
2	Fenton	$22.05	250
3	Coulter	$21.80	220
4	Elliott	$21.61	328
5	Oxford Junction	$20.84	424
6	Earling	$20.47	394
7	Alta Vista	$19.88	219
8	Arthur	$19.86	218
9	Fort Atkinson	$19.19	300
10	Salem	$19.15	380
11	Cumberland	$18.42	248
12	Massena	$18.23	352
13	Callender	$17.78	361
14	Casey	$17.72	387
15	Vail	$17.66	383
16	Ringsted	$17.65	346
17	Emerson	$17.54	401
18	Ashton	$17.17	434
19	Pierson	$17.12	335
20	Burt	$17.10	404
21	Pisgah	$17.09	248
22	Lohrville	$16.95	366
23	Lakota	$16.84	261
24	Marble Rock	$16.78	258
25	Auburn	$16.65	253
26	Mccallsburg	$16.58	356
27	Irwin	$16.46	320
28	Lewis	$16.25	358
29	Corwith	$16.22	259
30	Deep River	$16.18	243
31	Waucoma	$16.17	235
32	Duncombe	$16.10	374
33	Bayard	$16.05	402
34	Granville	$16.00	302
35	Minburn	$15.75	317
36	Peterson	$15.27	321
37	Greeley	$15.23	216
38	Arlington	$14.98	415
39	Riverton	$14.94	243
40	Marathon	$14.89	221
41	Maynard	$14.85	466
42	Plainfield	$14.84	392
43	Ryan	$14.84	348
44	Otho	$14.82	417
45	Humeston	$14.80	472
46	Ladora	$14.74	223
47	Bagley	$14.63	230
48	Garrison	$14.38	345
49	Halbur	$14.37	268
50	Lorimor	$14.36	377
51	Crystal Lake	$14.36	243
52	Kimballton	$14.27	281
53	Ocheyedan	$14.22	424
54	Steamboat Rock	$14.19	261
55	Garwin	$14.08	469
56	Mystic	$14.01	318
57	Lime Springs	$13.95	467
58	Wesley	$13.91	382
59	Diagonal	$13.91	331
60	Bussey	$13.83	378
61	Mondamin	$13.82	335
62	Livermore	$13.78	382
63	Fertile	$13.70	300
64	Stockport	$13.68	272
65	Kellerton	$13.60	241
66	Albion	$13.58	444
67	Quimby	$13.58	245
68	Lamont	$13.57	429
69	New Albin	$13.55	435
70	Meservey	$13.43	212
71	Persia	$13.41	292
72	Lawler	$13.39	392
73	Lacona	$13.38	336
74	Leland	$13.31	240
75	Ute	$13.26	326
76	New Market	$13.25	381
77	Plymouth	$13.21	368
78	Harcourt	$13.21	257
79	Bennett	$13.16	330
80	Ridgeway	$13.10	261
81	Farmersburg	$13.09	264
82	Little Rock	$13.03	447
83	Lehigh	$12.97	395
84	Menlo	$12.92	347
85	Templeton	$12.91	337
86	Silver City	$12.87	244
87	Martelle	$12.83	250
88	Malcom	$12.82	257
89	Galva	$12.68	416
90	Martensdale	$12.63	413
91	Blencoe	$12.57	223
92	Williams	$12.57	299
93	Maurice	$12.56	271
94	Norway	$12.53	463
95	Clearfield	$12.50	277
96	Kensett	$12.47	256
97	Mccausland	$12.45	314
98	Spillville	$12.40	371
99	Modale	$12.34	284
100	Mingo	$12.31	314
101	Brandon	$12.29	331
102	Blakesburg	$12.21	273
103	Cushing	$12.18	225
104	Bonaparte	$12.17	357
105	Macedonia	$12.12	266
106	Hawkeye	$12.11	429
107	Paton	$12.09	217
108	Kiron	$12.03	262
109	Colesburg	$11.97	379
110	Liscomb	$11.96	292
111	New Providence	$11.88	233
112	Thornton	$11.86	394
113	Runnells	$11.79	467
114	Allerton	$11.72	432
115	Atalissa	$11.71	287
116	Cantril	$11.69	224
117	Kelley	$11.69	312
118	Orient	$11.66	363
119	Cincinnati	$11.57	280
120	Delta	$11.52	257
121	Terril	$11.48	310
122	Westside	$11.45	283
123	Holland	$11.37	261
124	Churdan	$11.31	359
125	Mallard	$11.28	255
126	Miles	$11.28	400
127	Renwick	$11.16	228
128	Milton	$10.98	395
129	New Vienna	$10.91	384
130	Letts	$10.91	358
131	Goose Lake	$10.89	250
132	Birmingham	$10.87	371
133	Charlotte	$10.86	386
134	Yale	$10.85	265
135	Batavia	$10.77	434
136	Hornick	$10.74	255
137	Riverdale	$10.67	385
138	Bode	$10.64	304
139	Union	$10.58	378
140	Cleghorn	$10.49	235
141	Calamus	$10.47	348
142	Lovilia	$10.46	456
143	Danbury	$10.43	315
144	Lytton	$10.38	274
145	Stacyville	$10.36	436
146	Rhodes	$10.36	269
147	Dedham	$10.28	221
148	Deloit	$10.28	246
149	Protivin	$10.28	264
150	Andrew	$10.22	374
151	Royal	$10.20	379
152	Bronson	$10.14	294
153	Rudd	$10.13	339
154	La Motte	$10.09	235
155	Defiance	$10.05	248
156	Floyd	$10.02	297
157	Panama	$9.85	234
158	Grafton	$9.83	212
159	Lynnville	$9.68	382
160	Ionia	$9.65	220
161	Salix	$9.63	303
162	Luxemburg	$9.58	240
163	Rippey	$9.42	217
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	Rowley	$8.31	264
170	Fostoria	$8.10	229
171	Lost Nation	$8.10	425
172	Low Moor	$8.10	242
173	Bertram	$8.10	267
174	Grandview	$8.10	431
175	Nichols	$8.10	317
176	Laurel	$8.10	214
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	Fredonia	$7.55	227
185	Worthington	$7.50	374
186	Harpers Ferry	$7.49	273
187	Alvord	$7.41	216
188	Marquette	$7.08	434
189	Columbus City	$6.94	385
190	Donahue	$6.83	336
191	Libertyville	$6.60	278
192	Keswick	$6.49	238
193	Crawfordsville	$6.44	278
194	Holy Cross	$5.91	348
195	Conesville	$5.86	350
196	Maharishi Vedic City	$3.87	290
197	Wahpeton	$3.19	337
198	West Okoboji	$2.92	311

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$92,46276%
Liability, property & self insurance costs$16,13213%
Total Employee Benefit Levies$13,69111%

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of Danbury’s budget goes, FY26

Where it goes	Of each dollar	Cities this size (196)
Business Type / Enterprise	65¢	39¢
Public Works	15¢	20¢
General Government	10¢	16¢
Culture and Recreation	7¢	8¢
Public Safety	2¢	9¢
Everything else	1¢	2¢

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 196 Iowa cities closest in size (210–470 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.

Public Works$114,92044%
General Government$66,10625%
Culture and Recreation$62,52924%
Public Safety$16,3116%
Community and Economic Development$1,5001%

The state’s FY27 file doesn’t include business type / enterprise yet ($493,691 in FY26), so this total is low.

Budget compared with what it spent, FY23

Function	Budget	Spent
Public Works	$96,586	$89,738
Public Safety	$42,351	$23,985
Health and Social Services	$0	$0
General Government	$69,428	$75,118
Debt Service	$5,468	$0
Culture and Recreation	$58,007	$57,432
Community and Economic Development	$0	$0
Capital Projects	$0	$0
Business Type / Enterprise	$154,314	$378,902

What it spent each year

$758,224

$625,175

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State money

What the state sends the city

Sales tax and property tax credits the state paid the city: up 7% since FY23; down 2% after inflation.

In today's dollarsActual dollars

Show the numbers

Program	FY27	FY26	FY25	FY24	FY23
Local option sales tax	$4,925	$64,370	$64,182	$62,926	$59,984

Elections

Most recent: November 4, 2025

City · 2

Danbury City Council At-Large

2 seats: the top 2 win.

Dale Drees Winner5450.9%
Carol Weber Winner5249.1%

Danbury Mayor

Robert Welte Unopposed45100.0%

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

Related places

At the Statehouse and in Congress⁴

Kevin Alons (Sen. 7)Travis M. Sitzmann (Rep. 13)

U.S. House:District 4

Woodbury County Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 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 Danbury; percentages are rough shares of its area. These lawmakers write the state laws and budget Danbury 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.