Sales tax in Iowa
6%
state rate, before local taxes
Verified
Last verified
The Iowa state sales tax rate is 6%. Cities, counties and districts add their own on top, so the combined rate depends on where in Iowa you are.
~0%–7.875%
combined rate at the till, depending on the address
Estimated
The most common figure is ~6%,
found in 621 of 1,057 ZIP codes
(59%).
State rate from Current jurisdiction rate and boundary files, checked Sep 3, 2026.
What a $100.00 purchase costs in tax across Iowa
General merchandise. Prepared food, lodging and other categories can be taxed differently, and a tilde marks a figure estimated from ZIP-code data rather than a verified rate for one address.
- State rate only (6%)
- $6.00
- Verified
- Most common combined rate (~6%)
- ~$6.00
- Estimated
- Highest combined rate (~7.875%)
- ~$7.88
- Estimated
What makes up a sales tax rate in Iowa
- The state's share: 6%. Levied on every taxable sale in Iowa, wherever it happens.
- Local shares: nothing to ~1.875% on top. Counties, cities and special districts each add their own, and a seller collects them together. 691 cities in Iowa have their own pages with a figure below.
- Your exact address decides. A ZIP code is a postal route and was never drawn to follow tax boundaries, so two addresses sharing one can owe different totals. The calculator narrows it down from your ZIP code.
How combined rates are spread across Iowa
Number of Iowa ZIP codes at each combined general sales tax rate. Figures are estimates: a ZIP code that crosses a tax boundary is counted at its most likely rate.
| Combined rate | ZIP codes | Share of the state |
|---|---|---|
| ~0% | 2 | |
| ~6% | 621 | |
| ~7% | 434 |
Sales tax by city in Iowa
691 cities with a published or estimated rate. A tilde marks an estimate; the figure shown is the highest an address in that city is estimated to pay.
Cities covering the most ZIP codes
- Des Moines~6% · 9 ZIP codes
- West Des Moines~6% · 6 ZIP codes
- Iowa City~6% · 5 ZIP codes
- Urbandale~6% · 5 ZIP codes
- Cedar Rapids~6% · 4 ZIP codes
- Coralville~6% · 4 ZIP codes
- Johnston~6% · 4 ZIP codes
- Pleasant Hill~6% · 4 ZIP codes
Highest combined rates
- Farmington~7.225%
- Ackley~6%
- Ackworth~6%
- Adair~6%
- Ainsworth~6%
All 691 cities, A to Z
A 37 cities
- Ackley~6%
- Ackworth~6%
- Adair~6%
- Ainsworth~6%
- Akron~6%
- Albert City~6%
- Albia~6%
- Alden~6%
- Alexander~6%
- Alleman~6%
- Alta~6%
- Alta Vista~6%
- Alton~6%
- Altoona~6%
- Amana~6%
- Ames~6%
- Anamosa~6%
- Anita~6%
- Ankeny~6%
- Aplington~6%
- Aredale~6%
- Arion~6%
- Arlington~6%
- Armstrong~6%
- Arnolds Park~6%
- Arthur~6%
- Asbury~6%
- Ashton~6%
- Atalissa~6%
- Athelstan~6%
- Atlantic~6%
- Auburn~6%
- Audubon~6%
- Aurelia~6%
- Aurora~6%
- Avoca~6%
- Ayrshire~6%
B 50 cities
- Badger~6%
- Bagley~6%
- Baldwin~6%
- Balltown~6%
- Barnes City~6%
- Bassett~6%
- Batavia~6%
- Battle Creek~6%
- Baxter~6%
- Bayard~6%
- Beaconsfield~6%
- Beaman~6%
- Beaver~6%
- Bedford~6%
- Belle Plaine~6%
- Bellevue~6%
- Belmond~6%
- Bentley~6%
- Berkley~6%
- Bernard~6%
- Bevington~6%
- Birmingham~6%
- Blairsburg~6%
- Blairstown~6%
- Blakesburg~6%
- Blencoe~6%
- Blockton~6%
- Bloomfield~6%
- Blue Grass~6%
- Bode~6%
- Bonaparte~6%
- Bondurant~6%
- Boone~6%
- Bouton~6%
- Boyden~6%
- Braddyville~6%
- Bradford~6%
- Bradgate~6%
- Brandon~6%
- Brayton~6%
- Breda~6%
- Bridgewater~6%
- Brighton~6%
- Britt~6%
- Buck Grove~6%
- Buckeye~6%
- Buffalo~6%
- Buffalo Center~6%
- Burr Oak~6%
- Bussey~6%
C 56 cities
- California Junction~6%
- Calmar~6%
- Cambridge~6%
- Carbon~6%
- Carlisle~6%
- Carpenter~6%
- Cascade~6%
- Casey~6%
- Castalia~6%
- Cedar Falls~6%
- Cedar Rapids~6%
- Center Point~6%
- Chapin~6%
- Chariton~6%
- Charles City~6%
- Charlotte~6%
- Chatsworth~6%
- Chelsea~6%
- Chillicothe~6%
- Churdan~6%
- Clare~6%
- Clarence~6%
- Clarinda~6%
- Clarksville~6%
- Clearfield~6%
- Cleghorn~6%
- Clermont~6%
- Clive~6%
- Coalville~6%
- Coburg~6%
- Coggon~6%
- Colesburg~6%
- Colfax~6%
- Collins~6%
- Columbus Junction~6%
- Colwell~6%
- Conesville~6%
- Conrad~6%
- Conway~6%
- Coon Rapids~6%
- Coppock~6%
- Coralville~6%
- Corning~6%
- Correctionville~6%
- Corwith~6%
- Corydon~6%
- Cotter~6%
- Council Bluffs~6%
- Craig~6%
- Crawfordsville~6%
- Cresco~6%
- Creston~6%
- Cromwell~6%
- Cumberland~6%
- Cumming~6%
- Cushing~6%
D 37 cities
- Dakota City~6%
- Dana~6%
- Danbury~6%
- Danville~6%
- Dayton~6%
- De Soto~6%
- Decorah~6%
- Dedham~6%
- Deep River~6%
- Defiance~6%
- Delmar~6%
- Delta~6%
- Denmark~6%
- Denver~6%
- Derby~6%
- Des Moines~6%
- Dexter~6%
- Diagonal~6%
- Diamondhead Lake~6%
- Dickens~6%
- Dixon~6%
- Doon~6%
- Douds~6%
- Dougherty~6%
- Dow City~6%
- Dows~6%
- Drakesville~6%
- Dumont~6%
- Duncan~6%
- Duncombe~6%
- Dundee~6%
- Dunkerton~6%
- Dunlap~6%
- Durango~6%
- Durant~6%
- Dyersville~6%
- Dysart~6%
E 22 cities
F 23 cities
- Fairbank~6%
- Fairfax~6%
- Fairfield~6%
- Farley~6%
- Farmington~7.225%
- Farnhamville~6%
- Fenton~6%
- Fertile~6%
- Floyd~6%
- Fonda~6%
- Forest City~6%
- Fort Atkinson~6%
- Fort Dodge~6%
- Fort Madison~6%
- Fostoria~6%
- Franklin~6%
- Fraser~6%
- Fredericksburg~6%
- Frederika~6%
- Fredonia~6%
- Fremont~6%
- Fruitland~6%
- Frytown~6%
G 37 cities
- Galva~6%
- Garden City~6%
- Garden Grove~6%
- Garner~6%
- Garwin~6%
- Gibson~6%
- Gilbertville~6%
- Gillett Grove~6%
- Gilman~6%
- Gilmore City~6%
- Gladbrook~6%
- Glenwood~6%
- Glidden~6%
- Goldfield~6%
- Goodell~6%
- Gowrie~6%
- Graettinger~6%
- Graf~6%
- Grafton~6%
- Grand Junction~6%
- Grand River~6%
- Grandview~6%
- Granger~6%
- Grant~6%
- Granville~6%
- Gray~6%
- Greeley~6%
- Green Mountain~6%
- Greene~6%
- Grimes~6%
- Grinnell~6%
- Griswold~6%
- Grundy Center~6%
- Gruver~6%
- Guernsey~6%
- Guthrie Center~6%
- Guttenberg~6%
H 28 cities
- Hamilton~6%
- Hanlontown~6%
- Harcourt~6%
- Harris~6%
- Hartford~6%
- Hartley~6%
- Hartwick~6%
- Havelock~6%
- Hawarden~6%
- Hayfield~6%
- Hedrick~6%
- Henderson~6%
- High Amana~6%
- Hills~6%
- Hillsboro~6%
- Holstein~6%
- Holy Cross~6%
- Homestead~6%
- Hopkinton~6%
- Hornick~6%
- Hospers~6%
- Hubbard~6%
- Hudson~6%
- Hull~6%
- Humboldt~6%
- Humeston~6%
- Hutchins~6%
- Huxley~6%
I 8 cities
J 7 cities
- Jackson Junction~6%
- Jamaica~6%
- Janesville~6%
- Jefferson~6%
- Jesup~6%
- Johnston~6%
- Joice~6%
K 13 cities
L 49 cities
- La Motte~6%
- La Porte City~6%
- Lacona~6%
- Lake City~6%
- Lake Mills~6%
- Lake Panorama~6%
- Lake Park~6%
- Lakeside~6%
- Lamoni~6%
- Lamont~6%
- Lanesboro~6%
- Larrabee~6%
- Laurel~6%
- Laurens~6%
- Lawler~6%
- Le Grand~6%
- Le Mars~6%
- Le Roy~6%
- Leando~6%
- Leighton~6%
- Leland~6%
- Lenox~6%
- Letts~6%
- Lewis~6%
- Libertyville~6%
- Lincoln~6%
- Linden~6%
- Lineville~6%
- Linn Grove~6%
- Lisbon~6%
- Liscomb~6%
- Little Rock~6%
- Little Sioux~6%
- Livermore~6%
- Lockridge~6%
- Lohrville~6%
- Lone Tree~6%
- Long Grove~6%
- Lorimor~6%
- Loveland~6%
- Lovilia~6%
- Lowden~6%
- Lu Verne~6%
- Luana~6%
- Lucas~6%
- Luther~6%
- Luzerne~6%
- Lynnville~6%
- Lytton~6%
M 62 cities
- Macedonia~6%
- Macksburg~6%
- Madrid~6%
- Mallard~6%
- Maloy~6%
- Malvern~6%
- Manilla~6%
- Manly~6%
- Manning~6%
- Manson~6%
- Mapleton~6%
- Maquoketa~6%
- Marathon~6%
- Marcus~6%
- Marengo~6%
- Marne~6%
- Marshalltown~6%
- Martelle~6%
- Martensdale~6%
- Martinsburg~6%
- Mason City~6%
- Masonville~6%
- Massena~6%
- Maurice~6%
- Maxwell~6%
- Maysville~6%
- McCallsburg~6%
- McCausland~6%
- Mechanicsville~6%
- Mediapolis~6%
- Melbourne~6%
- Melrose~6%
- Melvin~6%
- Menlo~6%
- Meservey~6%
- Middle Amana~6%
- Miles~6%
- Milford~6%
- Miller~6%
- Milton~6%
- Mingo~6%
- Missouri Valley~6%
- Mitchell~6%
- Mitchellville~6%
- Mona~6%
- Monmouth~6%
- Monona~6%
- Monroe~6%
- Monticello~6%
- Montour~6%
- Moorhead~6%
- Moravia~6%
- Morley~6%
- Morning Sun~6%
- Morrison~6%
- Moulton~6%
- Mount Auburn~6%
- Mount Pleasant~6%
- Mount Union~6%
- Mount Vernon~6%
- Murray~6%
- Muscatine~6%
N 25 cities
- Nashua~6%
- Nemaha~6%
- Neola~6%
- New Hampton~6%
- New Hartford~6%
- New Haven~6%
- New Liberty~6%
- New London~6%
- New Market~6%
- New Providence~6%
- New Sharon~6%
- New Vienna~6%
- New Virginia~6%
- Newell~6%
- Nichols~6%
- Nodaway~6%
- Nora Springs~6%
- North Buena Vista~6%
- North English~6%
- North Liberty~6%
- North Washington~6%
- Northboro~6%
- Northwood~6%
- Norwalk~6%
- Norway~6%
O 23 cities
P 33 cities
- Pacific Junction~6%
- Packwood~6%
- Palo~6%
- Panama~6%
- Panora~6%
- Park View~6%
- Parkersburg~6%
- Parnell~6%
- Paton~6%
- Patterson~6%
- Paullina~6%
- Pella~6%
- Perry~6%
- Persia~6%
- Peterson~6%
- Pierson~6%
- Plainfield~6%
- Plano~6%
- Pleasant Hill~6%
- Pleasant Plain~6%
- Pleasantville~6%
- Plover~6%
- Plymouth~6%
- Polk City~6%
- Pomeroy~6%
- Popejoy~6%
- Portland~6%
- Portsmouth~6%
- Postville~6%
- Prairie City~6%
- Prescott~6%
- Preston~6%
- Protivin~6%
R 36 cities
- Radcliffe~6%
- Rake~6%
- Ralston~6%
- Randolph~6%
- Raymond~6%
- Readlyn~6%
- Red Oak~6%
- Redfield~6%
- Reinbeck~6%
- Remsen~6%
- Renwick~6%
- Rhodes~6%
- Riceville~6%
- Richland~6%
- Rickardsville~6%
- Rinard~6%
- Ringsted~6%
- Rippey~6%
- River Sioux~6%
- Riverside~6%
- Rock Falls~6%
- Rock Valley~6%
- Rockford~6%
- Rodman~6%
- Rodney~6%
- Roland~6%
- Rolfe~6%
- Rome~6%
- Rose Hill~6%
- Roseville~6%
- Rowan~6%
- Rudd~6%
- Runnells~6%
- Russell~6%
- Ruthven~6%
- Ryan~6%
S 64 cities
- Sabula~6%
- Sac City~6%
- Salem~6%
- Sanborn~6%
- Sandyville~6%
- Saylorville~6%
- Scarville~6%
- Schaller~6%
- Schleswig~6%
- Scranton~6%
- Searsboro~6%
- Seymour~6%
- Shambaugh~6%
- Shannon City~6%
- Sheffield~6%
- Shelby~6%
- Sheldahl~6%
- Sheldon~6%
- Shell Rock~6%
- Shellsburg~6%
- Shenandoah~6%
- Sherrill~6%
- Shueyville~6%
- Sibley~6%
- Silver City~6%
- Sioux City~6%
- Sioux Rapids~6%
- Slater~6%
- Sloan~6%
- Smithland~6%
- Solon~6%
- Somers~6%
- South Amana~6%
- Spencer~6%
- Spillville~6%
- Spragueville~6%
- Spring Hill~6%
- Springville~6%
- St. Ansgar~6%
- St. Anthony~6%
- St. Charles~6%
- St. Joseph~6%
- St. Lucas~6%
- Stanley~6%
- Stanton~6%
- State Center~6%
- Steamboat Rock~6%
- Stockport~6%
- Stockton~6%
- Stone City~6%
- Storm Lake~6%
- Story City~6%
- Stout~6%
- Stratford~6%
- Strawberry Point~6%
- Struble~6%
- Stuart~6%
- Sully~6%
- Sumner~6%
- Sun Valley Lake~6%
- Superior~6%
- Sutherland~6%
- Swan~6%
- Swisher~6%
T 15 cities
U 6 cities
- Union~6%
- Unionville~6%
- University Heights~6%
- Urbana~6%
- Urbandale~6%
- Ute~6%
W 48 cities
- Wadena~6%
- Wahpeton~6%
- Walcott~6%
- Walford~6%
- Walker~6%
- Wall Lake~6%
- Walnut~6%
- Washta~6%
- Waterloo~6%
- Waucoma~6%
- Waukee~6%
- Waukon~6%
- Waverly~6%
- Wayland~6%
- Webb~6%
- Webster~6%
- Webster City~6%
- Weldon~6%
- Wellman~6%
- Wellsburg~6%
- Welton~6%
- Wesley~6%
- West Amana~6%
- West Bend~6%
- West Branch~6%
- West Des Moines~6%
- West Liberty~6%
- West Okoboji~6%
- West Point~6%
- Westside~6%
- Westwood~6%
- What Cheer~6%
- Wheatland~6%
- Whiting~6%
- Whittemore~6%
- Whitten~6%
- Williams~6%
- Williamsburg~6%
- Williamson~6%
- Wilton~6%
- Windsor Heights~6%
- Winfield~6%
- Winterset~6%
- Woden~6%
- Woodburn~6%
- Woodward~6%
- Woolstock~6%
- Worthington~6%
Why most Iowa figures are estimates
Of 1,057 ZIP codes in Iowa, 436 resolve to a single verified rate for every address inside them. The rest carry an estimate with its range, and the calculator will ask for more than a ZIP code where it needs to.
- 616 A local district in this state is not yet mapped, so this may not be the whole rate.
- 8 This ZIP code crosses a tax boundary, so the rate depends on the street address.
- 2 No tax data is loaded for this area yet.
A ZIP code is a mail route, not a tax boundary. Where one crosses a city or district line, the rate depends on the street address, and no lookup by ZIP code alone can settle it. Enter your ZIP code in the calculator for the closest figure we hold.
Why you can rely on these figures
- Published rates
- State and local rates compiled from the tax authorities that levy them.
- Every figure sourced
- See the jurisdiction breakdown and the document each rate came from.
- No signup
- Use the calculator immediately. Nothing to create, nothing to install.
- Missing means missing
- Where a rate is not verified we say so instead of showing a short total.
TaxAndTips provides informational estimates from published tax-rate data. Actual tax treatment can depend on the product or service, the exact address, the transaction, exemption status and applicable law. For official obligations, consult the taxing authority or a qualified tax professional.