Iowa · County property tax · ACS 2024
Ida County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Ida County pays $1,260 a year, an effective rate of 1.16%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,260
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.16%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -37%
- vs U.S. average
- #80 of 99
- rank in IA
The verdict
Homeowners in Ida County pay a median $1,260 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.16%, more affordable than 25% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,260
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.16%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2350 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -37%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($108,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Iowa. Population: 6,911. Owner-occupied homes: 2,224.
The median annual property tax in Ida County is $1,260, which is 57% lower than the Iowa state average and 37% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.16% on a median home value of $108,900. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.
Ida County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Ida County's 1.16% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 25%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Ida County pay a median annual property tax of $1,260, well below the national median and far below the Iowa state median. On a $108,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.16% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Iowa counties by effective rate
Ida County ranks #80 of 99 counties in Iowa by effective rate (19% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Ida County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $63,073 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Ida County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
The rate held while the market moved
Ida County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 15.8% up, against a median home value that rose 6.3%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 23.2%, from $1,023 to $1,260.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,023 to $1,260, a gain of 23%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 823 of 2,224 owner-occupied homes (37.0%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 2.0% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Ida County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Ida County homeowners, 823 of 2,224 owner-occupied homes (37.0%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 22.2% (493)
- $800 to $1,499 37.0% (823)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.6% (369)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.2% (249)
- $3,000 or more 11.3% (252)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
38 homes here (1.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Iowa handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Ida County, mortgaged homeowners pay 13% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Ida County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Ida County's effective rate is higher than 19% of the 99 counties in Iowa - ranking #80 of 99.
Where Ida County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.16% more affordable than 25% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Iowa on both measures
Ida County's effective rate runs 17% under the Iowa median and its bill 57% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,260 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Iowa norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Ida County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Ida County | Iowa Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.0% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Ida County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Iowa counties.
Ida County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,260 +8.8% | 1.16% |
| 2023 | $1,158 +1.0% | 1.06% |
| 2022 | $1,147 +9.3% | 1.06% |
| 2021 | $1,049 +2.5% | 1.10% |
| 2020 | $1,023 | 1.00% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Ida County: tax takes only 2.0% of income
Counties near Ida County's effective rate
On effective rate, Ida County sits nearest Talbot County (GA), Linn County (KS), Androscoggin County (ME).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Clark County (NV), Custer County (MT), Hennepin County (MN).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Ida County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 120 of 3,260 returns from Ida County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,958 - 33% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Ida County rate FAQs
- How does Ida County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Ida County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.16% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Ida County, Iowa?
- The median annual property tax in Ida County is $1,260, an effective rate of 1.16% on a $108,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Ida County?
- Ida County, Iowa scores C (58/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is housing pressure at A+ (1.73×). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- Are property taxes increasing in Ida County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Ida County jumped 23.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,023 to $1,260, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Ida County?
- Property taxes in Ida County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $63,073 median household income.
What to do with Ida County's PAR rate
Ida County's $1,260 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 2.0% of Ida County's $63,073 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Ida County's PAR effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.16%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,260/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Ida County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Ida County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Sabine County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Ida County at $1,260/yr; rate 0.82% vs Ida County 1.16%.
Tattnall County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Ida County at $1,260/yr; rate 0.90% vs Ida County 1.16%.
Minidoka County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,261/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.48% vs Ida County 1.16%.
Terrell County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,259/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.92% vs Ida County 1.16%.
Iowa county set
State ACS overview for every published Iowa county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Ida County stamps PAR · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Ida County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.