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Wright 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 | $41.16 | $26.57 | $10.71 |
| FY26 | $41.51 | $26.34 | $10.77 |
| FY25 | $41.24 | $26.19 | $10.99 |
| FY24 | $42.23 | $26.81 | $10.99 |
| FY23 | $41.63 | $26.55 | $10.99 |
| FY22 | $42.41 | $26.81 | $10.81 |
| FY21 | $42.74 | $26.24 | $10.82 |
| FY20 | $42.18 | $25.35 | $10.43 |
Cities, FY27
| City | Typical rate | Since FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Belmond | $44.00 | +35.5% |
| Clarion | $40.20 | -2.1% |
| Dows | $40.16 | -1.8% |
| Eagle Grove | $41.16 | -3.0% |
| Galt | $30.56 | -2.7% |
| Goldfield | $35.20 | -2.3% |
| Rowan | $42.16 | +12.6% |
| Waukon | $34.86 | – |
| Woolstock | $39.10 | -11.9% |
Taxable value
$1.27B in 2025 valuations, +20.2% since 2020. By kind of property:
- Homes27%
- Farmland and farm buildings39%
- Commercial9%
- Industrial15%
- Utilities and railroads10%
- Other0%
Local option sales tax collected
| FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | FY17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2.0M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
State payments to the county and its cities
| Program | FY27 | FY26 | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local option sales tax | $109,659 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.7M |
| Homestead property tax credit | – | $586,357 | $589,351 | $592,091 | $591,314 | $589,342 |
| Ag land and family farm tax credits | $356,786 | $532,494 | $549,924 | $547,671 | $557,549 | $537,469 |
| Business property tax credit | – | – | $827,167 | $945,014 | $807,828 | $783,756 |
| Elderly and disabled property tax credit | – | $14,088 | $12,906 | $16,155 | $14,710 | $16,284 |
| Military service property tax credit | – | – | – | $6,741 | $7,228 | $7,741 |
Who received them, FY26
- Wright County$1.7M
- City of Clarion$375,219
- City of Belmond$333,662
- City of Goldfield$87,352
- City of Dows$67,350
- City of Woolstock$22,082
- City of Rowan$16,212
- City of Galt$3,407
The county’s budget
Wright County plans to spend $25.0M in FY27, from property taxes, state and federal money, fees and its reserves. It spent $20.1M in FY25.
- Roads & transportation$7.4M
- Public safety & legal services$6.5M
- Administration$2.7M
- Capital projects$2.3M
- Debt payments$2.2M
- Parks, libraries, extension & environment$1.7M
- Physical health & social services$1.2M
- Services to residents (records, elections, licenses)$843,097
- Other$45,020
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$4.04
- General Supplemental · countywide$2.19
- 422D EMS · countywide$0.45
- Debt Service · countywide$0.19
- Countywide · countywide$6.87
- Rural Basic · rural$3.68
- Rural Supplemental · rural$0.16
- Total Rural · rural$10.71
From county budgets and annual financial reports filed with the Department of Management.
School districts
School districts that tax property in Wright County.
AllamakeeBelmond-KlemmeCalClarion-GoldfieldClarion-Goldfield-DowsClarion-Goldfield-Dows (Clarion-Goldfield)DowsEagle GroveHumboldtNortheast HamiltonWebster CityWest ForkWest Hancock
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).