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$2,780 a yearproperty tax on a $200,000 home in a typical town here, FY27 (a rate of $32.95 per $1,000 of taxable value)1
$2,120 a yearon a $200,000 home in the countryside, FY27 ($25.13 per $1,000)
$20.6Mcounty budget, FY27
$1.22Btaxable value, 2025 valuations (+14.7% in 5 years)

Who runs it

The Board of Supervisors sets the county budget and its property tax; the other officers run elections, records, taxes and law enforcement.

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Meetings and agendas

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

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Property taxes

Rates over time

Typical combined rate per $1,000 of taxable value, and the county government’s own rural levy.

In citiesRuralCounty levy
0$10$20$30$40’20’22’24’26’27In citiesRuralCounty levy
0$10$20$30$40’20’21’22’23’24’25’26’27In citiesRuralCounty levy
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YearIn citiesRuralCounty’s rural levy
FY27$32.95$25.13$8.70
FY26$32.84$23.67$9.12
FY25$32.52$23.32$9.01
FY24$34.06$21.72$7.52
FY23$33.41$21.93$7.66
FY22$30.69$23.06$8.07
FY21$32.49$22.77$7.74
FY20$32.29$22.81$8.31

Rates by city, FY27

Typical combined rate in each city, per $1,000 of taxable value.

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CityTypical rateSince FY22
Beaman$30.98+10.5%
Conrad$32.67+7.5%
Dike$37.26+8.6%
Grundy Center$38.03+6.3%
Holland$33.04+7.4%
Morrison$28.71+20.7%
Reinbeck$32.95+16.2%
Stout$33.46+6.2%
Wellsburg$31.77+3.7%

Compared with places this size2

Grundy County’s countywide property tax rate of $5.20 per $1,000 is the 14th lowest of 49 Iowa counties with 8,400–18,000 people. The middle of the group is $6.03.

Winnebago County: $8.49Hardin County: $8.26Tama County: $8.20Montgomery County: $8.08Clarke County: $7.88Louisa County: $7.80Union County: $7.65Davis County: $7.37Page County: $7.34Iowa County: $7.29Jefferson County: $6.97Clayton County: $6.89Wright County: $6.87Greene County: $6.83Harrison County: $6.69Howard County: $6.54Allamakee County: $6.45Sac County: $6.36Shelby County: $6.31Butler County: $6.28Guthrie County: $6.24Floyd County: $6.16Emmet County: $6.16Cedar County: $6.10Hamilton County: $6.03Clay County: $5.97Mills County: $5.90Delaware County: $5.79Kossuth County: $5.79Calhoun County: $5.75Humboldt County: $5.74Keokuk County: $5.64Mitchell County: $5.64Monona County: $5.63Lucas County: $5.40Chickasaw County: $5.13Franklin County: $5.11Appanoose County: $5.06Crawford County: $4.90Cass County: $4.75Madison County: $4.70Palo Alto County: $4.48Hancock County: $4.00Lyon County: $3.96Cherokee County: $3.89Poweshiek County: $3.86O'Brien County: $3.59Dickinson County: $1.90Grundy County: $5.20$1.90 lowest$8.49 highestmiddle
See all 49
#PlaceRate per $1,000People
1Winnebago County$8.4910,383
2Hardin County$8.2616,464
3Tama County$8.2016,738
4Montgomery County$8.0810,063
5Clarke County$7.889,524
6Louisa County$7.8010,630
7Union County$7.6511,955
8Davis County$7.379,193
9Page County$7.3415,038
10Iowa County$7.2916,423
11Jefferson County$6.9715,781
12Clayton County$6.8916,931
13Wright County$6.8712,729
14Greene County$6.838,662
15Harrison County$6.6914,626
16Howard County$6.549,360
17Allamakee County$6.4514,184
18Sac County$6.369,533
19Shelby County$6.3111,821
20Butler County$6.2814,156
21Guthrie County$6.2410,774
22Floyd County$6.1615,008
23Emmet County$6.169,162
24Cedar County$6.1018,231
25Hamilton County$6.0314,856
26Clay County$5.9716,474
27Mills County$5.9014,717
28Delaware County$5.7917,609
29Kossuth County$5.7914,408
30Calhoun County$5.759,711
31Humboldt County$5.749,617
32Keokuk County$5.649,855
33Mitchell County$5.6410,632
34Monona County$5.638,429
35Lucas County$5.408,758
36Grundy County$5.2012,405
37Chickasaw County$5.1311,719
38Franklin County$5.1110,024
39Appanoose County$5.0612,106
40Crawford County$4.9016,378
41Cass County$4.7513,024
42Madison County$4.7017,161
43Palo Alto County$4.488,809
44Hancock County$4.0010,616
45Lyon County$3.9612,378
46Cherokee County$3.8911,658
47Poweshiek County$3.8618,454
48O'Brien County$3.5914,260
49Dickinson County$1.9018,158

What’s taxed

$1.22B of taxable value in 2025 valuations, +14.7% since 2020. Who carries the load, by kind of property:

  • Farmland and farm buildings$520.0M42%
  • Homes$460.0M37%
  • Industrial$121.6M10%
  • Commercial$97.2M8%
  • Utilities, railroads and other$48.8M4%
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Valuation yearHomesFarmlandCommercialIndustrialTotal
2025$460.0M$520.0M$97.2M$121.6M$1.22B
2024$457.2M$527.9M$85.6M$114.0M$1.21B
2023$440.1M$513.1M$84.4M$108.6M$1.17B
2022$421.5M$509.5M$85.8M$103.4M$1.15B
2021$405.8M$494.6M$88.5M$104.7M$1.13B
2020$390.1M$474.3M$85.2M$85.7M$1.07B
2019$355.8M$464.6M$84.0M$70.0M$1.01B
2018$338.6M$413.8M$59.6M$60.7M$906.0M

Budget and spending

Where each dollar of the county’s budget goes, FY27

Roads & transportation: 39¢ of every dollar39¢Public safety & legal services: 17¢ of every dollar17¢Administration: 15¢ of every dollar15¢Capital projects: 11¢ of every dollar11¢Parks, libraries, extension & environment: 7¢ of every dollarEverything else: 12¢ of every dollar12¢$1$1
Where it goesOf each dollarCounties this size (48)
Roads & transportation39¢35¢
Public safety & legal services17¢22¢
Administration15¢11¢
Capital projects11¢11¢
Parks, libraries, extension & environment7¢7¢
Everything else12¢13¢

Planned spending from all funds. “Counties this size” is the average for the 48 counties closest in size (8,400–18,000 people).

The county’s budget

Grundy County plans to spend $20.6M in FY27, from property taxes, state and federal money, fees and its reserves. It spent $20.1M in FY25.

  • Roads & transportation$8.0M39%
  • Public safety & legal services$3.5M17%
  • Administration$3.0M15%
  • Capital projects$2.2M11%
  • Parks, libraries, extension & environment$1.5M7%
  • Debt payments$992,8505%
  • Services to residents (records, elections, licenses)$734,7434%
  • Physical health & social services$640,0253%

Its property tax levies, FY27

Dollars per $1,000 of taxable value. Everyone in the county pays the countywide levies; people outside cities also pay the rural ones, which mostly pay for roads and rural services.

  • General Basic · countywide$3.50
  • General Supplemental · countywide$1.03
  • Debt Service · countywide$0.67
  • Countywide · countywide$5.20
  • Rural Basic · rural$3.50
  • Total Rural · rural$8.70

Sales tax and state money

Local option sales tax collected

The extra local sales tax voters approved, collected by the state and paid back to the county and its cities.

$1.6M
’14’16’18’20’22’24
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YearCollected
FY24$1.6M
FY23$1.6M
FY22$1.5M
FY21$1.5M
FY20$1.3M
FY19$1.2M
FY18$1.1M
FY17$1.0M
FY16$1.0M
FY15$905,985
FY14$894,383

State payments to the county and its cities

Sales tax collected for them and property tax credits paid on residents’ behalf: $3.2M in FY26. The newest year may be partial.

$3.6M
$563,704
’20’21’22’23’24’25’26’27
Who received them, FY26
  • Grundy County$2.1M66%
  • City of Grundy Center$378,52012%
  • City of Reinbeck$216,5197%
  • City of Dike$166,1625%
  • City of Conrad$147,0085%
  • City of Wellsburg$90,5973%
  • City of Holland$32,7731%
  • City of Beaman$23,0471%
  • City of Stout$22,8941%
  • City of Morrison$11,8250%
Show the numbers
ProgramFY27FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Local option sales tax$148,300$1.8M$1.7M$1.6M$1.6M$1.8M$1.4M$1.2M
Homestead property tax credit–$678,553$665,102$623,387$623,226$609,302$602,919$598,888
Ag land and family farm tax credits$415,404$670,411$689,731$575,369$550,252$531,224$459,493$473,073
Business property tax credit––$563,189$602,426$561,440$525,332$503,287$473,591
Elderly and disabled property tax credit–$12,154$13,514$14,408$15,602$15,942$15,798$17,396
Military service property tax credit–––$7,615$7,923$8,192$8,615$8,859

Elections

Most recent: November 3, 2026

Ballot measures · 2

Passed Yes 73.9% (535) · No 26.1% (189)

Passes with more yes votes than no.

Failed Yes 49.0% (381) · No 51.0% (397)

Passes with more yes votes than no.

County offices · 5
Grundy County Attorney · 0% reporting

    No candidates listed.

    Grundy County Treasurer · 0% reporting

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

    Places in the county

    At the Statehouse and in Congress3

    Annette Sweeney (Sen. 27)Joshua Meggers (Rep. 54)

    U.S. House:District 2

    Cities

    BeamanConradDikeGrundy CenterHollandMorrisonReinbeckStoutWellsburg

    School districts

    AgwsrAplington-ParkersburgBcluwDike-New HartfordEldora-New ProvidenceGladbrook-ReinbeckGrundy Center