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Property tax appeals in Palo Alto County, Iowa

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024Last checked

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Median home value
$123,200
Median property tax paid per year
$1,474
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  • Census figuresMedian home value $123,200 · Median property tax paid per year $1,474Published data
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What do Palo Alto County property taxes and assessments look like?

Figures from public records and the Census, each with its source. They describe the county's homes as a group, not the value of any one home.

What do homeowners in Palo Alto County pay in property tax?

The median owner-occupied home in Palo Alto County was worth $123,200, and the median property tax its owners paid was $1,474 a year, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Median home value
$123,200
Margin of error ±$12,218.
Median property tax paid per year
$1,474
Margin of error ±$106.
Median tax as a share of median value
1.20%
A ratio of two medians, not a tax rate. Your own bill depends on your assessment and local levies.
Owner-occupied homes
2,915
Margin of error ±142.

These are survey estimates of what owners reported about their own homes. They are not assessed values, not tax rates, and not an opinion of what any home is worth.

They cannot tell you whether your own assessment is fair. That takes a comparison with similar homes, which we offer only in counties we have researched.

Median home value: Palo Alto County compared

  1. Palo Alto County$123,200
  2. Typical Iowa county$160,600
  3. Typical US county$185,300

Typical US county $185,300; Typical Iowa county $160,600; Palo Alto County $123,200

Census survey medians for owner-occupied homes. "Typical" is the middle county of the 99 in Iowa and of all US counties.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25077.

Median property tax paid: Palo Alto County compared

  1. Palo Alto County$1,474
  2. Typical Iowa county$2,067
  3. Typical US county$1,619

Typical Iowa county $2,067 a year; Typical US county $1,619 a year; Palo Alto County $1,474 a year

Census survey medians for owner-occupied homes. "Typical" is the middle county of the 99 in Iowa and of all US counties.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25103.