Prairiestead Funding in Clinton, Iowa takes requests from across Clinton County and nearby. Here are ZIP employer counts for towns near Clinton and notes on using assessor records in a request.
Clinton County, Iowa Assessor Property Search Before Leasing a Tavern or Shop Space
The Clinton County Assessor's office, at 1900 N. 3rd St. in Clinton, locates, lists and values real property subject to taxation in its jurisdiction. Its property search at clinton.iowaassessors.com shows parcel records, and it also posts commercial and residential sales lists. An owner about to lease a tavern or shop space, or to buy a business that operates in one, can pull the parcel record to see who owns the property and what it is assessed at.
The owner of record is the party who signs or assigns the lease. Prairiestead does not arrange real estate loans; business term loans covers buying the business itself.
Clinton County, Iowa Tax Assessor Values and a Restaurant Lease or Purchase
The assessed value is the basis of the property tax bill, and that tax shows up in a restaurant's costs whether it owns the building or pays it through a lease. For a purchase, the tax bill belongs in the monthly budget next to the loan payment. For a lease, a triple-net clause passes it straight to the tenant.
Questions about an assessment go to the assessor; questions about how a payment fits go to Prairiestead.
Camanche, IA and ZIP 52730: Business Counts South of Clinton, IA
Camanche, IA lies about 5.7 miles southwest of the office in a straight line. Its ZIP, 52730, had 84 employer establishments and 1,173 paid employees in 2023 (ZBP), with construction the largest sector count at 14. Camanche covers about 23.4% of the ZIP's land, so the ZIP figures include a wide surrounding area.
Camanche is in Clinton County, IA, so county figures on this site describe it. Grow Clinton counts it among the three River Cities.
DeWitt, IA and the Western Half of Clinton County, IA
DeWitt, IA is about 18.4 miles west of the office; this site does not show a ZIP count for it. Clinton County, IA runs a zoning satellite office in DeWitt, and the county zoning page lists separate city zoning contacts for Clinton, DeWitt and Camanche.
Grand Mound, IA and Delmar, IA, also in the western part of the county, had 21 and 20 employer establishments in their ZIPs in 2023 (ZBP), though each town covers only a small share of its ZIP's land.
Fulton, IL and Albany, IL Across the Mississippi River From Clinton, IA
Fulton, IL is about 2.2 miles northeast of the office, across the Mississippi River. Its ZIP, 61252, had 105 employer establishments and 1,418 paid employees in 2023, and 61.9% of those establishments had fewer than five employees (ZBP). Albany, IL, about 4.1 miles south-southwest, had 13 employer establishments in ZIP 61230.
Both are in Whiteside County, IL, so Clinton County, IA figures do not describe them. Requests from Illinois are handled the same way, by phone and form.
Smaller Clinton County, IA Towns West and North of the City
The small towns in the county have small ZIP counts: Charlotte, IA had 15 employer establishments in ZIP 52731, Goose Lake, IA 10 in ZIP 52750, Andover, IA 7 in ZIP 52701, Low Moor, IA 6 in ZIP 52757, and Welton, IA 4 in ZIP 52774 (ZBP 2023). In places this size, the businesses are few enough that a single new employer changes the count.
Requests from these towns start the same way as any other: the cost, the date, the source of payment. The Clinton, IA page sets out the county figures sector by sector.
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