Home Values and Rent Rates
Average home value: $65,234
Average selling price (first six months of '99 for area south of I-80 and east of Highway 218): $93,487
Highest selling price: $170,000
Lowest selling price: $54,000

Average rent by number of units, 1990 U.S. Census data, 320 total units
Less than $250, 152, 48.9 percent
$250-$499, 157, 50.5 percent
$500-$750, 1, 0.3 percent
$750-$999, 1, 0.3 percent
$1,000 or more, 0, 0 percent

State income tax brackets:
$51,120 or more, 8.98 percent
$34,081-$51,120, 7.92 percent
$22,721-$34,080, 6.80 percent
$17,041-$22,720, 6.48 percent
$10,225-$17,040, 6.12 percent
$4,545-$10,224, 4.50 percent
$2,273-$4,544, 2.43 percent
$1,137-$2,272, 0.72 percent
$1,136 or less, 0.36 percent

Population by household income in the following categories:
$100,000 or more, 4.1 percent
$75,000 to $99,999, 9.7 percent
$50,000 to $74,999, 21.7 percent
$35,000 to $49,999, 17.5 percent
$25,000 to $34,999, 14.9 percent
$15,000 to $24,999, 16.8 percent
Less than $15,000, 15.3 percent

Taxes
City property taxes: $1,269.46 per $100,000 of assessed valuation
County property taxes: $7,800.18 per $100,000 of assessed valuation
School district property tax: $1,147.14 per $100,000 of assessed valuation
Total property taxes: $3,379.40 per $100,000 of assessed valuation
Sales tax: 5 percent, plus 1 percent local option sales tax

Service Rates
Water rate: $3.65 per 1,000 gallons
Sewer rate: $18.50 sewer user fee, $2.55 per 1,000 gallons
Gas rate: MidAmerican Energy Company, (888) 427-5632
Phone rate: Liberty Communications, (319) 643-5353
Cable: TCI of Eastern Iowa
Trash pick up: $10.50 per month Includes once-a-week pickup of 30 gallon trash can, yard waste and brush pick-up first and third Wednesday April through November (includes curbside leaf pick-up), voluntary recycling program of glass, tin plastic, newspaper and cardboard, and one-time free pick-up of junk items.