Photo: Treymeister · Public domainHow is Maquoketa run?
Maquoketa’s city government spent $7.8 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $1,289 per resident. Water and other utilities ($10.7 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Maquoketa is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,289 per resident a year, or $3.53 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 28%.
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No comparison for Maquoketa yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Maquoketa’s 2022 operating figures are mostly a Census estimate, so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2024; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is up 23% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Maquoketa reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $1,073 · 2023: $1,085 · 2024: $1,289.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $1,678 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.27% of the home’s value, vs 1.39% across Iowa.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Maquoketa’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Maquoketa’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Maquoketa →
Who’s in charge in Maquoketa
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Maquoketa’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on maquoketaia.com ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 138 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (6,054).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Maquoketa Community School District
Maquoketa’s K–12 school district, shared with Baldwin, Zwingle. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,392 per pupil, $9,044 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Iowa districts overall: 43% local, 49% state, 8% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Maquoketa’s votes are counted by county
Iowa reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Maquoketa alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Jackson County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican65.6%7,074 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat33.1%3,567 votesOthers: 1.3% (141 votes).
Most votes in Jackson County: Donald J Trump
Iowa: Trump 55.7%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Maquoketa lies in Jackson County; the rest in Clinton County. Every 2024 race in Jackson County is on the county’s page.
Jackson County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Maquoketa.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: maquoketaia.com ↗
- 2Iowa HouseState representatives
- 3Iowa SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Iowa
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Maquoketa’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Maquoketa’s government
How much does Maquoketa spend per resident?
About $1,289 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Maquoketa?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,678 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.27% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.39% across Iowa. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see maquoketaia.com.
Who runs Maquoketa’s government?
See maquoketaia.com for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Maquoketa yet.
How did Maquoketa vote in 2024?
Iowa counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Maquoketa alone. Jackson County, where 100% of Maquoketa lies, voted Trump 65.6%, Harris 33.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Maquoketa?
44 full-time and 16 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $229,820 (about $2.8M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Maquoketa in the state legislature?
State Senate District 35 (Mike Zimmer) and State House District 70 (Norlin Mommsen). The House district also covers 16 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Maquoketa’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →