Iowa · County property tax · ACS 2024
Worth County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Worth County pays $1,600 a year, an effective rate of 1.10%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,600
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.10%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -20%
- vs U.S. average
- #90 of 99
- rank in IA
The verdict
Homeowners in Worth County pay a median $1,600 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.10%, more affordable than 28% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,600
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.10%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2246 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -20%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($145,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Iowa. Population: 7,350. Owner-occupied homes: 2,644.
The median annual property tax in Worth County is $1,600, which is 45% lower than the Iowa state average and 20% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.10% on a median home value of $145,800. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
Worth County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Worth County's 1.10% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 28%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Iowa median
Homeowners in Worth County pay a median annual property tax of $1,600, notably lower than the national median and well below the Iowa state median. On a $145,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.10% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Iowa counties by effective rate
Worth County ranks #90 of 99 counties in Iowa by effective rate (9% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Worth County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $78,008 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Worth 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Worth County's effective rate fell 14.9% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 35.5%, leaving the median bill 15.3% higher at $1,600. That rate move is larger than the one in 63% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 $1,388 to $1,600, a gain of 15%. 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 884 of 2,644 owner-occupied homes (33.4%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 2.1% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
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 Worth County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Worth County homeowners, 884 of 2,644 owner-occupied homes (33.4%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 11.2% (295)
- $800 to $1,499 33.4% (884)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.4% (487)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.1% (506)
- $3,000 or more 14.4% (380)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
92 homes here (3.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Iowa handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Worth County pay about the same bill, within a 1% gap either way.
Worth County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Worth County's effective rate is higher than 9% of the 99 counties in Iowa - ranking #90 of 99.
Where Worth County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.10% more affordable than 28% 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
Worth County's effective rate runs 21% under the Iowa median and its bill 45% 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 $1,600 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.
Worth County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Worth 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 | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
Worth County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Iowa counties.
Worth County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,600 +4.6% | 1.10% |
| 2023 | $1,530 +0.5% | 1.08% |
| 2022 | $1,523 +7.7% | 1.17% |
| 2021 | $1,414 +1.9% | 1.26% |
| 2020 | $1,388 | 1.29% |
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.
Worth County: tax-to-income at 2.1%
Counties near Worth County's effective rate
On effective rate, Worth County sits nearest Newaygo County (MI), St. Joseph County (MI), Chippewa County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Chittenden County (VT), Schuyler County (NY), Pershing County (NV).
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
Worth County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 3,460 returns from Worth County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,689 - 56% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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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Worth County rate FAQs
- How does Worth County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Worth County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.10% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Worth County, Iowa?
- The median annual property tax in Worth County is $1,600, an effective rate of 1.10% on a $145,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Worth County?
- Worth 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+ (1.87×). 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.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Worth County?
- Property taxes in Worth County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $78,008 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Worth County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Worth County climbed 15.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,388 to $1,600, 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 to do with Worth County's PAR rate
Inside Iowa, Worth County's $1,600 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Iowa overview →
Worth County ranks #90 of 99 Iowa counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Iowa overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Worth 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: 1.10%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,600/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Worth County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Worth County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Brown County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Worth County at $1,600/yr; rate 0.82% vs Worth County 1.10%.
Bailey County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,601/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.52% vs Worth County 1.10%.
Campbell County, WY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,599/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Worth County 1.10%.
Fayette County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,601/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.94% vs Worth County 1.10%.
Iowa county set
State ACS overview for every published Iowa county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Worth County stamps PAR · MID - 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 Worth County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.