Waukee property taxes
Waukee has four residential taxing districts in the Dallas County auditor's rate table, with consolidated rates from $33.94739 to $35.82677 per $1,000 of taxable value. These are the rates on the bills paid in September 2026 and March 2027, which are based on values as of January 1, 2025.
Taxing districts in Waukee
The school levy runs from $15.99442 to $17.87380 and everything else on the bill from $5.15297 to $5.16097. The city levy ($12.80000) is the same in all four.
| School district | County | Rate per $1,000 | School | City | County and everything else | Compared with the median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Meter | Dallas | 33.94739 | 15.99442 | 12.80000 | 5.15297 | −$3.69 |
| Waukee, outside Walnut Township | Dallas | 35.44280 | 17.48983 | 12.80000 | 5.15297 | −$2.19 |
| Waukee, Walnut Township part | Dallas | 35.45080 | 17.48983 | 12.80000 | 5.16097 | −$2.19 |
| Adel-DeSoto-Minburn | Dallas | 35.82677 | 17.87380 | 12.80000 | 5.15297 | −$1.81 |
Rates from the Dallas County auditor's table for January 1, 2025 values. "County and everything else" is the total less the city and school levies, as the county tables list them. "Compared with the median" is the rate less the median ($37.63716) of all 107 residential city taxing districts covered here. Agricultural land, tax-increment (TIF) sub-districts that Dallas County lists separately, which carry the same rate as their base district, and city tax-exemption districts are left out. A city's parts in any other county are not covered here.
As the county tables list them: WAUKEE CITY/VAN METER SCH/NON-WALNUT TWP (Dallas County State base # 250353); WAUKEE CITY/WAUKEE SCH/NON-WALNUT TWP (Dallas County State base # 250494); WAUKEE CITY/WAUKEE SCH/WALNUT TWP (Dallas County State base # 250051); WAUKEE CITY/ADM SCH/NON-WALNUT TWP (Dallas County State base # 250567).
How the Waukee rates compare
Among the 107 residential city taxing districts this site covers in the Polk, Dallas and Warren county tables, the lowest Waukee rate (Dallas Co., Van Meter schools, $33.94739) is the 21st lowest, and the highest (Dallas Co., Adel-DeSoto-Minburn schools, $35.82677) is the 39th lowest.
The median of those 107 rates is $37.63716: all four Waukee districts are below it. The Waukee city levy, $12.80000 per $1,000, is the 18th highest of the 44 city levies this site covers in the three counties.
Example bills
The yearly tax in each Waukee taxing district on a home assessed at $200,000, $344,579 and $400,000, figured the way the estimator figures it: the value × 44.5345% rollback ÷ 1,000 × the rate, less the homestead credit. $344,579 is Zillow's typical home value for Waukee (Zillow Home Value Index, September 2026), used here as if it were the assessed value, which it may not be. The other two are round example values.
| District | $200,000 | $344,579Zillow typical value | $400,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Co., Van Meter schools | $2,8601.43% of value | $5,0441.46% of value | $5,8821.47% of value |
| Dallas Co., Waukee schools, outside Walnut Township | $2,9841.49% of value | $5,2681.53% of value | $6,1421.54% of value |
| Dallas Co., Waukee schools, Walnut Township part | $2,9861.49% of value | $5,2681.53% of value | $6,1441.54% of value |
| Dallas Co., Adel-DeSoto-Minburn schools | $3,0181.51% of value | $5,3241.55% of value | $6,2081.55% of value |
Dallas County bills are rounded to the nearest even dollar (Dallas County's rate table). The bills leave out the 65-or-older and military exemptions; the property tax estimator includes them.
One bill, step by step
Dallas Co., Waukee schools, outside Walnut Township, a home assessed at $344,579:
- $344,579 assessed value × 44.5345% rollback = $153,456
- taxable value $153,456 ÷ 1,000 × $35.44280 levy rate = $5,438.91
- minus the homestead credit, the levy on the first $4,850 of value = $171.90
- rounded to the nearest even dollar (Dallas County's rate table) = $5,268, paid in two halves of $2,634
Look up a home in Waukee
Your tax statement names your district. Not sure? Look up the parcel on the county assessor's or treasurer's site.
- Dallas County Assessor · Dallas County Treasurer
- School district pages: Adel-DeSoto-Minburn, Van Meter, Waukee
- Buying a home in Waukee, the area guide
- Estimate the tax on a home in Waukee →
How Iowa figures the bill
- Assessed value. The city or county assessor values the home as of January 1.
- Rollback. Only part of that value is taxed. The Iowa Department of Revenue sets the share each year for all residential property in the state (Iowa Code §441.21). For values as of January 1, 2025 it is 44.5345% (the Department's 2025 order).
- Exemptions come off the taxable value: $6,500 if the owner was 65 or older by January 1 of the assessment year (§425.1A), and $4,000 for an eligible veteran who has claimed the military service exemption (§426A.11). Both amounts come from the same 2023 law (2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 71, in the Code's history notes), which the Department of Revenue calls HF 718.
- Homestead credit. If you own and live in the home and have claimed it, the credit equals the levy on the first $4,850 of value (§425.1).
The example bills above take off the homestead credit, but a new owner must file a homestead claim with the assessor by July 1 of the year it is claimed for (Iowa Code §425.2), so someone buying now first gets the 10% homestead exemption on January 1, 2027 values, not this credit (Department of Revenue).
The estimator page has the whole method, including installments and rounding.
What changes for the bills paid in September 2027 and March 2028
Two changes already made apply to values as of January 1, 2026, which are taxed in the fiscal year that starts July 1, 2027:
- The Department of Revenue's 2026 order sets the residential rollback at 45.6926%.
- Senate File 2472 (2026) replaces the homestead credit with a homestead exemption of 10% of the home's taxable value, at least $5,500 and at most $20,000. The Department will adjust the $20,000 maximum for inflation for each assessment year from 2027 on (Department of Revenue). Owners who had the credit or exemption before July 1, 2026 get the new exemption without refiling if they still qualify.
The levy rates for that year are not set yet, so this page does not estimate those bills.
Sources
- Dallas County Auditor, Dallas County Tax Rates for all Taxing Districts: January 1, 2025 Valuations for Taxes Payable in Fiscal Year 2026-2027. Retrieved November 5, 2026. (listing page)
- Iowa Department of Revenue, Order Certifying Percentages for Assessment Limitations: percentages of 2025 actual value (dated October 27, 2025; issued November 1, 2025) (archived copy). Retrieved November 5, 2026. (original link) The Department's link now serves the 2026 order. The 2025 order is read from the copy archived on November 16, 2025; the Department's homestead guidance page uses the same 44.5345% for assessment year 2025.
- Iowa Legislature, Iowa Code 2026, section 441.21 (actual, assessed and taxable value). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- Iowa Legislature, Iowa Code 2026, section 425.1A (homestead tax exemption, age 65 or older). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- Iowa Legislature, Iowa Code 2026, section 426A.11 (military service exemptions). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- Iowa Legislature, Iowa Code 2026, section 425.1 (homestead credit fund). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- Iowa Legislature, Iowa Code 2026, section 425.2 (qualifying for the homestead credit: claim filed by July 1 of the year claimed; a buyer refiles). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- Iowa Department of Revenue, Homestead Tax Credit and Exemption. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- Iowa Department of Revenue, Order Certifying Percentages for Assessment Limitations: percentages of 2026 actual value (dated October 27, 2026; issued November 1, 2026). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- Dallas County Assessor, Assessor (property search, duties of the assessor). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
- Dallas County Treasurer, Property Tax (collection, new-owner tax statements). Retrieved November 5, 2026.
An estimate for planning, not tax advice. Check your parcel's district and value with the county assessor, and the amount due with the county treasurer.