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Where your property tax goes

Most Nowthen homeowners pay city tax + Anoka County tax + ISD 728 school tax + a few small special-district taxes. The City of Nowthen is usually the smallest of the four. This page runs the Minnesota Net Tax Capacity math against your estimated market value so you can see how the dollar splits.

Preview — rates not yet approved.

The official Anoka County tax-code-area rates for pay 2025 haven't been entered yet. We're showing representative MN rates so the form works; the splits below are illustrative, not authoritative. An admin can approve the real rates via the data-quality flow.

Property typeEstimated market value

Estimated annual property tax

$4,540

Net Tax Capacity: $4,000 · Effective rate: 1.135% of market value

City

County

School

Market-value tax

City
$1,800 (39.6%)
Goes to the City of Nowthen — road maintenance, fire department, planning, parks, admin, debt service.
County
$1,280 (28.2%)
Anoka County — sheriff contract, county roads, social services, court, recorder, library system.
School
$800 (17.6%)
ISD 728 (Elk River) — operations, classroom supplies, transportation, debt service on school bonds.
Special
$200 (4.4%)
Watershed district, mosquito control, regional rail authority, and other special-purpose districts.
Market-value tax
$460 (10.1%)
School operating referendum levied directly on market value, separate from net tax capacity.

Computed with Minnesota class rates from the loaded baseline. Real bills also adjust for homestead market value exclusion, fiscal disparities, special assessments, and individual property tax credits — none of those are modeled here. Computed NTC contribution by tier shown below.

Tier	Class rate	Portion	NTC added
$0 – $500,000	1.000%	$400,000	$4,000

A note on the four payees

When you pay property tax to Anoka County in May and October, the county splits your check four ways:

City of Nowthen — typically about one-third of a homeowner's bill. Funds the general fund (admin, planning, building inspection, parks), the road & bridge fund (mostly state-aid plus this levy), debt service on city bonds, and a separate fire-fund levy.
Anoka County — roughly another third. Funds the sheriff contract (Nowthen contracts with the county for policing), county roads, social services, the courts, recorder, library system, and county debt.
ISD 728 — Elk River school district — about a quarter of the bill on a typical homestead, but it varies a lot by year and by whether there's a referendum running. Funds school operations, transportation, and bond debt for school construction.
Special districts — a small slice. The Upper Rum River Watershed Management Organization, the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District, the Anoka County Regional Rail Authority, and similar special-purpose districts each get a tiny share.

For the city's side specifically, see where the city portion of your tax flows — revenue sources into funds out to spending buckets.