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Jasper County

How property tax rates have changed, what’s taxed, what the county spends, and what the state sends it. Open a city for where its tax dollar goes.

Property tax rates over time

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

In citiesRuralCounty levy
0$15$30$45$60’20’22’24’26’27In citiesRuralCounty levy
0$15$30$45$60’20’21’22’23’24’25’26’27In citiesRuralCounty levy
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YearIn citiesRuralCounty’s rural levy
FY27$39.53$26.82$9.10
FY26$39.94$27.44$9.68
FY25$37.09$27.33$9.49
FY24$40.64$27.23$9.65
FY23$35.11$27.38$9.81
FY22$37.00$27.75$10.11
FY21$39.22$28.11$10.45
FY20$40.22$29.45$11.64

Cities, FY27

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

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CityTypical rateSince FY22
Baxter$38.49-8.3%
Colfax$40.26-4.8%
Kellogg$29.22-10.2%
Lambs Grove$33.21+9.8%
Lynnville$28.33-6.6%
Mingo$36.32-8.0%
Mitchellville$35.55-1.1%
Monroe$33.22-10.2%
Newton$39.53-4.9%
Oakland Acres$25.89-10.1%
Prairie City$32.32-9.2%
Reasnor$32.70-5.1%
Sully$26.07-15.0%
Valeria$32.11+8.5%

What’s taxed

$2.43B of taxable value in 2025 valuations, +26.8% since 2020. Who carries the load, by kind of property:

  • Homes$1.35B54%
  • Farmland and farm buildings$625.4M25%
  • Commercial$299.1M12%
  • Utilities, railroads and other$163.5M7%
  • Industrial$53.9M2%

Taxable value over time

HomesFarmlandBusiness
0$500.0M$1.00B$1.50B$2.00B20182020202220242025HomesFarmlandBusiness
0$500.0M$1.00B$1.50B$2.00B20182019202020212022202320242025HomesFarmlandBusiness
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Valuation yearHomesFarmlandCommercialIndustrialTotal
2025$1.35B$625.4M$299.1M$53.9M$2.43B
2024$1.27B$602.9M$271.4M$51.7M$2.31B
2023$1.23B$586.4M$263.8M$45.9M$2.25B
2022$1.21B$556.3M$213.2M$43.1M$2.15B
2021$1.06B$542.2M$197.2M$78.4M$2.00B
2020$991.8M$529.9M$194.3M$75.3M$1.92B
2019$954.9M$513.5M$187.7M$79.8M$1.85B
2018$861.3M$449.3M$182.8M$76.7M$1.67B

The county’s budget

Jasper County plans to spend $40.5M in FY27, from property taxes, state and federal money, fees and its reserves. It spent $39.8M in FY25.

  • Public safety & legal services$11.8M29%
  • Roads & transportation$10.5M26%
  • Administration$5.4M13%
  • Capital projects$3.8M9%
  • Physical health & social services$2.7M7%
  • Debt payments$2.2M5%
  • Services to residents (records, elections, licenses)$2.0M5%
  • Parks, libraries, extension & environment$2.0M5%
  • Other$40,5000%

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$3.96
  • General Supplemental · countywide$0.82
  • Debt Service · countywide$0.59
  • Pioneer Cemetery · countywide$0.00
  • Countywide · countywide$5.37
  • Rural Basic · rural$3.73
  • Total Rural · rural$9.10

From county budgets and annual financial reports filed with the Department of Management.

Local option sales tax collected

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

$5.6M
’14’16’18’20’22’24
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YearCollected
FY24$5.6M
FY23$4.6M
FY22$4.8M
FY21$4.9M
FY20$4.4M
FY19$3.9M
FY18$3.6M
FY17$3.6M
FY16$3.6M
FY15$3.4M
FY14$3.4M

State payments to the county and its cities

Local option sales tax the state collected for them, and property tax credits it pays on residents’ behalf. The newest year may be partial.

$9.7M
$974,484
’20’21’22’23’24’25’26’27

Who received them, FY26

  • Jasper County$4.7M57%
  • City of Newton$2.2M26%
  • City of Mitchellville$547,5417%
  • City of Monroe$243,9423%
  • City of Prairie City$203,5042%
  • City of Sully$111,0951%
  • City of Kellogg$72,1911%
  • City of Lynnville$45,9391%
  • City of Mingo$35,2490%
  • City of Lambs Grove$21,9930%
  • City of Oakland Acres$20,5280%
  • City of Reasnor$18,2150%
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ProgramFY27FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Local option sales tax$461,262$5.6M$5.6M$5.8M$5.3M$5.9M$5.4M$4.5M
Homestead property tax credit–$1.8M$1.8M$1.6M$1.6M$1.6M$1.6M$1.6M
Ag land and family farm tax credits$513,222$699,320$676,426$677,750$717,952$714,247$617,663$606,343
Business property tax credit––$1.4M$1.5M$966,503$1.0M$1.1M$1.1M
Elderly and disabled property tax credit–$43,744$41,284$54,570$51,546$52,224$56,110$50,870
Military service property tax credit–––$17,871$18,563$19,538$20,333$21,225

Local elections

Most recent: November 3, 2026

Ballot measures · 17
County offices · 5
Townships · 30

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      School districts

      School districts that tax property in Jasper County.

      BaxterBondurant-FarrarColfax-MingoCollins-MaxwellEast MarshallGrinnell-NewburgLynnville-SullyNewtonPcmPellaSoutheast Polk

      Typical rates are medians across the county’s tax districts, leaving out TIF districts and farmland inside cities. Data from the Iowa Data Hub (Departments of Management and Revenue).