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Median effective property tax rate: 1.43%
Median annual property tax bill: $2,795
Median home value: $195,900

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019-2023), pulled 2026-09-15.

Census figures for Iowa, with margins of error

The median owner-occupied home in Iowa had a real-estate tax bill of $2,795 (± $14) a year, compared with $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $195,900 (± $929), compared with $303,400 nationwide.

U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Iowa and the United States, with margins of error
Measure	Iowa	United States
Population	3,195,937	332,387,540
Median annual property tax bill (homeowners)	$2,795 ± $14	$2,969 ± $3
Median home value	$195,900 ± $929	$303,400 ± $362
Median household income	$73,147 ± $438	$78,538 ± $176
Property tax as a share of home value (calculated)	1.43% ± 0.01 points	0.98% ± under 0.01 points
Homes lived in by their owners	71.5% ± 0.3 points	65.0% ± 0.3 points
Owner households headed by someone 65 or older	31.1% ± 0.2 points	32.6% ± 0.2 points
Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs	16.8% ± 0.3 points	22.2% ± 0.1 points

How to read these numbers

These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
“Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
“Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.

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Census figures for Iowa, with margins of error

Counties in Iowa

Cities in Iowa (959)