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Resolutions-2018-005
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Text read by the vision model; check the PDF for anything that matters.Major/Leading Employers¹
Major employers in the City are generally smaller, service-related business, and many City residents are employed within the Iowa City metropolitan area. Following are selective major/leading employers in the nearby City of Iowa City:
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<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Product/Service</th>
<th>Number of Employees²</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>University of Iowa</td>
<td>Public University</td>
<td>18,650</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>University of Iowa Hospitals</td>
<td>Healthcare</td>
<td>8,374</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Iowa City Community School District</td>
<td>Public Education</td>
<td>2,346</td>
</tr>
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<td>ACT, Inc.</td>
<td>Educational Programs</td>
<td>1,632</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center</td>
<td>Healthcare</td>
<td>1,562</td>
</tr>
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<td>Mercy Hospital</td>
<td>Healthcare</td>
<td>1,559</td>
</tr>
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<td>Hy-Vee</td>
<td>Grocery</td>
<td>1,166</td>
</tr>
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<td>City of Iowa City</td>
<td>City Government</td>
<td>1,108</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Pearson Educational Measurement</td>
<td>Business Consulting</td>
<td>1,100</td>
</tr>
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<td>International Automotive Components Group</td>
<td>Manufacturing</td>
<td>750</td>
</tr>
</table>
Largest Taxpayers
Following are 10 of the largest taxpayers within the City as provided by Johnson County:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Business</th>
<th>2017/2018 Taxable Assessed Value</th>
<th>Percent Total Taxable Valuation ($120,190,545)³</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mid-American Energy</td>
<td>Utility</td>
<td>$3,787,662</td>
<td>3.15%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Willow Ridge Development LLC</td>
<td>Residential</td>
<td>3,133,944</td>
<td>2.61</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tiffin Affordable Housing LC</td>
<td>Residential</td>
<td>2,674,768</td>
<td>2.23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tiffin Affordable Housing II LC</td>
<td>Residential</td>
<td>1,845,508</td>
<td>1.54</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>KGTFN LLC</td>
<td>Commercial</td>
<td>1,758,510</td>
<td>1.46</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Big Country Properties LLC</td>
<td>Commercial</td>
<td>1,606,613</td>
<td>1.34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brookside at Prairie West LLC</td>
<td>Multi-residential</td>
<td>1,604,761</td>
<td>1.33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rogue Development Company Inc.</td>
<td>Commercial</td>
<td>1,514,070</td>
<td>1.26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cowhorse Properties LLC</td>
<td>Commercial</td>
<td>1,340,280</td>
<td>1.11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Clear Creek Mobile Home Park LLC</td>
<td>Multi-residential</td>
<td>1,330,396</td>
<td>1.11</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="3"><b>$ 20,596,512</b></td>
<td><b>17.14%</b></td>
</tr>
</table>
¹ Source: City of Iowa City.
² Includes full-time, part-time and seasonal employees.
³ This value is after military exemption adjustment as well as before tax increment value adjustment and is used to compute all tax rates.
Sources
- laserfiche: Resolutions-2018-005 (Resolutions-2018-005.pdf) — where it was found ↗ first seen Oct 12, 2026
Data last updated October 16, 2026. Built from the archive's documents; see how the data is built.