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Mitchell County
Property tax rates, local option sales tax and state payments to the county and its cities.
Property tax rates
Typical combined rate per $1,000 of taxable value, and the county government’s own share of it.
| Year | In cities | Rural | County’s rural levy |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY27 | $32.11 | $25.36 | $9.59 |
| FY26 | $33.20 | $24.97 | $9.59 |
| FY25 | $32.54 | $24.60 | $9.39 |
| FY24 | $34.12 | $24.94 | $9.46 |
| FY23 | $33.79 | $25.10 | $9.60 |
| FY22 | $33.50 | $24.91 | $9.42 |
| FY21 | $34.33 | $25.21 | $9.55 |
| FY20 | $34.33 | $25.02 | $9.55 |
Cities, FY27
| City | Typical rate | Since FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Carpenter | $28.97 | +0.2% |
| Mcintire | $21.06 | -46.0% |
| Mitchell | $30.50 | +6.4% |
| Orchard | $29.38 | +2.7% |
| Osage | $35.57 | +6.4% |
| Riceville | $33.68 | -2.1% |
| Saint Ansgar | $32.11 | -4.2% |
| St Ansgar | $32.11 | – |
| Stacyville | $11.90 | -61.5% |
Taxable value
$1.22B in 2025 valuations, +25.9% since 2020. By kind of property:
- Homes30%
- Farmland and farm buildings34%
- Commercial7%
- Industrial24%
- Utilities and railroads4%
- Other0%
Local option sales tax collected
| FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | FY17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M |
State payments to the county and its cities
| Program | FY27 | FY26 | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local option sales tax | $144,974 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.7M |
| Homestead property tax credit | – | $551,956 | $526,684 | $525,145 | $523,924 | $505,226 |
| Ag land and family farm tax credits | $256,565 | $283,902 | $269,531 | $272,520 | $248,161 | $306,773 |
| Business property tax credit | – | – | $526,761 | $605,271 | $505,532 | $495,834 |
| Elderly and disabled property tax credit | – | $21,228 | $23,374 | $29,849 | $27,584 | $24,590 |
| Military service property tax credit | – | – | – | $6,421 | $6,664 | $7,036 |
Who received them, FY26
- Mitchell County$1.7M
- City of Osage$537,749
- City of Saint Ansgar$175,160
- City of Riceville$128,122
- City of Stacyville$65,625
- City of Mitchell$17,548
- City of Mcintire$16,196
- City of Carpenter$12,620
- City of Orchard$9,429
The county’s budget
Mitchell County plans to spend $29.5M in FY27, from property taxes, state and federal money, fees and its reserves. It spent $22.3M in FY25.
- Capital projects$8.1M
- Roads & transportation$6.2M
- Debt payments$5.2M
- Public safety & legal services$2.9M
- Administration$2.7M
- Parks, libraries, extension & environment$2.1M
- Physical health & social services$1.6M
- Services to residents (records, elections, licenses)$634,450
- Other$32,000
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$2.14
- Countywide · countywide$5.64
- Rural Basic · rural$3.95
- Total Rural · rural$9.59
From county budgets and annual financial reports filed with the Department of Management.
School districts
School districts that tax property in Mitchell County.
Central SpringsOsageRicevilleRudd-Rockford-Marble RockSaint AnsgarSt AnsgarStacyville
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).