| Decatur County Property Tax Bills by Tax District | |||||||||||
| Pay 2005 | |||||||||||
| Assessment and Deductions | |||||||||||
| Median Home Value, 2000 Census | 86,400 | ||||||||||
| Assessment-Sales Ratio | 0.965 | ||||||||||
| Gross Assessed Value | 83,376 | ||||||||||
| Homestead Deduction | 35,000 | ||||||||||
| Mortgage Deduction | 3,000 | ||||||||||
| Net Assessed Value | 45,376 | ||||||||||
| Tax Rate, Credits and Tax Bill | |||||||||||
| Tax District | Tax Rate | Gross Tax | PTRC Rate | PTRC | Gross Tax - PTRC | State/Local Homestead Credit Rate | Home- stead Credit | Net Tax | Rank Among All 1,960 Districts | Net Tax, Half the Median Home Value | Net Tax, Twice the Median Home Value |
| 001 - ADAMS TWP | 1.7985 | 816 | 33.6713 | 275 | 541 | 12.2300 | 66 | 475 | 1,724 | 187 | 1,348 |
| 002 - ST. PAUL TOWN-ADAMS TWP | 2.2771 | 1,033 | 31.4140 | 325 | 709 | 14.9634 | 106 | 603 | 1,316 | 237 | 1,710 |
| 003 - CLAY TWP | 1.8126 | 822 | 33.5382 | 276 | 547 | 12.2655 | 67 | 480 | 1,715 | 189 | 1,361 |
| 004 - MILFORD TOWN | 2.1054 | 955 | 31.7186 | 303 | 652 | 13.6134 | 89 | 564 | 1,431 | 222 | 1,599 |
| 005 - CLINTON TWP | 1.7956 | 815 | 33.6981 | 275 | 540 | 12.2215 | 66 | 474 | 1,728 | 186 | 1,345 |
| 006 - FUGIT TWP | 1.7979 | 816 | 33.4115 | 273 | 543 | 11.8609 | 64 | 479 | 1,716 | 188 | 1,359 |
| 007 - JACKSON TWP | 1.8066 | 820 | 33.5439 | 275 | 545 | 12.1804 | 66 | 478 | 1,717 | 188 | 1,358 |
| 008 - MARION TWP-SOUTH | 1.7893 | 812 | 33.4958 | 272 | 540 | 11.8412 | 64 | 476 | 1,721 | 187 | 1,351 |
| 009 - MARION TWP NORTH | 2.0051 | 910 | 27.1001 | 247 | 663 | 8.7221 | 58 | 605 | 1,311 | 238 | 1,718 |
| 010 - MILLHOUSEN TOWN-MARION TWP | 1.9328 | 877 | 32.8057 | 288 | 589 | 12.9883 | 77 | 513 | 1,619 | 202 | 1,455 |
| 011 - SALTCREEK TWP | 1.7965 | 815 | 33.6627 | 274 | 541 | 12.1865 | 66 | 475 | 1,726 | 187 | 1,347 |
| 012 - NEW POINT TOWN | 2.1222 | 963 | 31.8761 | 307 | 656 | 14.0146 | 92 | 564 | 1,429 | 222 | 1,601 |
| 013 - SANDCREEK TWP | 1.8659 | 847 | 32.9973 | 279 | 567 | 12.3171 | 70 | 497 | 1,669 | 196 | 1,411 |
| 014 - WESTPORT TOWN | 2.2612 | 1,026 | 30.8387 | 316 | 710 | 14.0224 | 100 | 610 | 1,298 | 240 | 1,731 |
| 015 - WASHINGTON TWP | 2.0387 | 925 | 27.1707 | 251 | 674 | 9.1550 | 62 | 612 | 1,291 | 241 | 1,737 |
| 016 - GREENSBURG CITY | 2.7673 | 1,256 | 24.8203 | 312 | 944 | 11.6760 | 110 | 834 | 652 | 328 | 2,366 |
| Note: Median Home Value for this county is from the 2000 U.S. Census. | |||||||||||
| Assessment-Sales Ratio is the median assessment to sales price ratio, from the State Equalization Study. | |||||||||||
| Counties with Assessment-Sales Ratios listed as "0" have studies that are incomplete. Gross assessed values are assumed equal to home values. | |||||||||||
| Gross Assessed Value is the product of the Median Home Value and the Assessment Ratio. | |||||||||||
| Net Assessed Value is Gross Assessed Value less Deductions/Exemptions. Homestead deduction cannot exceed 50% of gross assessed value. | |||||||||||
| Tax Districts are areas within a county with particular combinations of government units. The district Tax Rate is the sum of the tax rates of these units. | |||||||||||
| Gross Tax is the District Tax Rate times Net Assessed Value. | |||||||||||
| Property Tax Replacement Credit Dollars are the PTRC Rate times the Gross Tax; they are subtracted from the Gross Tax. | |||||||||||
| The Homestead Credit Rate is multiplied by the Tax After PTRC. Homestead Credit dollars are subtracted from Tax After PTRC to get the Tax Bill. | |||||||||||
| Rank, All Districts is the rank, from highest to lowest net tax, among all of Indiana's 1,960 tax districts. | |||||||||||
| Net Tax, Half the Median Value is the tax bill calculation starting with a home value equal to half the county's median. | |||||||||||
| Net Tax, Twice the Median Value is the tax bill calculation starting with a home value equal to twice the county's median. | |||||||||||
| Prepared by Larry DeBoer, Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, using Indiana Department of Local | |||||||||||
| Government Finance rate information, available on the DLGF website, at www.in.gov/dlgf. | |||||||||||