Local taxes › Scott County
Scott 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 | $31.84 | $22.34 | $8.81 |
| FY26 | $32.66 | $22.41 | $8.66 |
| FY25 | $33.27 | $22.62 | $8.73 |
| FY24 | $33.29 | $22.21 | $8.79 |
| FY23 | $33.26 | $22.26 | $8.82 |
| FY22 | $33.80 | $22.52 | $8.94 |
| FY21 | $34.16 | $23.04 | $9.11 |
| FY20 | $34.01 | $23.30 | $8.91 |
Cities, FY27
| City | Typical rate | Since FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Bettendorf | $32.57 | -3.5% |
| Blue Grass | $32.02 | -6.5% |
| Buffalo | $32.92 | +2.1% |
| Davenport | $39.95 | +1.5% |
| Dixon | $27.61 | +1.4% |
| Donahue | $25.41 | +0.5% |
| Durant | $36.84 | +13.9% |
| Eldridge | $26.71 | +3.2% |
| Le Claire | $21.82 | -35.5% |
| Long Grove | $28.17 | -1.1% |
| Maysville | $24.35 | -2.0% |
| Mccausland | $31.03 | +5.3% |
| New Liberty | $19.93 | -6.0% |
| Panorama Park | $23.74 | -12.3% |
| Princeton | $26.82 | -7.1% |
| Riverdale | $29.91 | +10.8% |
| Walcott | $30.71 | -5.9% |
Taxable value
$11.80B in 2025 valuations, +19.1% since 2020. By kind of property:
- Homes63%
- Farmland and farm buildings3%
- Commercial27%
- Industrial4%
- Utilities and railroads3%
- Other0%
Local option sales tax collected
| FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | FY17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $41.6M | $38.2M | $39.3M | $38.1M | $32.9M | $30.8M | $29.4M | $29.0M |
State payments to the county and its cities
| Program | FY27 | FY26 | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local option sales tax | $3.3M | $41.3M | $40.8M | $41.2M | $41.6M | $43.1M |
| Homestead property tax credit | – | $9.0M | $8.6M | $8.4M | $8.1M | $7.9M |
| Ag land and family farm tax credits | $247,723 | $368,891 | $408,885 | $417,531 | $414,347 | $418,254 |
| Business property tax credit | – | – | $5.9M | $8.0M | $6.2M | $6.4M |
| Elderly and disabled property tax credit | – | $180,294 | $183,402 | $212,059 | $218,073 | $222,303 |
| Military service property tax credit | – | – | – | $86,714 | $91,573 | $95,662 |
Who received them, FY26
- City of Davenport$24.1M
- Scott County$16.0M
- City of Bettendorf$8.2M
- City of Leclaire$966,525
- City of Walcott$335,882
- City of Buffalo$289,075
- City of Durant$248,786
- City of Princeton$191,090
- City of Long Grove$163,979
- City of Riverdale$158,928
- City of Donahue$70,040
- City of Mccausland$65,968
- City of Dixon$41,669
- City of Maysville$32,445
- City of Panorama Park$28,142
- City of New Liberty$26,058
The county’s budget
Scott County plans to spend $120.3M in FY27, from property taxes, state and federal money, fees and its reserves. It spent $103.8M in FY25.
- Public safety & legal services$48.3M
- Administration$19.2M
- Capital projects$18.5M
- Roads & transportation$10.7M
- Physical health & social services$8.8M
- Parks, libraries, extension & environment$7.5M
- Services to residents (records, elections, licenses)$3.8M
- Other$2.2M
- Debt payments$1.5M
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$3.33
- General Supplemental · countywide$2.60
- Countywide · countywide$5.93
- Rural Basic · rural$2.87
- Total Rural · rural$8.81
From county budgets and annual financial reports filed with the Department of Management.
School districts
School districts that tax property in Scott County.
BennettBettendorfCalamus-WheatlandDavenportDurantNorth ScottPleasant Valley
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).