Nixa

Phone number: (417) 725-3785

Fax number: (417) 725-6394

Mailing address:

PO Box 395, Nixa, MO 65714

Street address: 715 W. Mt. Vernon, Nixa

Property tax rate: .065521 times assessed valuation, plus 34 cents of commercial surcharge. Assessed valuation is 32 percent for commercial, 19 percent for residential and 12 percent for agricultural.

Personal property tax rate: .049905 times of assessed valuation.

Sales tax rate: 7.225 percent

City administrator: Brian Bingle

Fee for business license: $25

Fee for building permits: 17 cents per square foot for one- and two-family residential, plus $415 for other fees. 17 cents per square foot for multifamily and commercial, plus all other fees. Miscellaneous permits depend on cost of improvements.

Number of building permits in 2004: 976

Public Schools

High schools: 1

Junior high/middle schools: 3

Elementary schools: 4

Alternative schools (grades 11–12): 1

Population

Current: 16,500

2000: 12,124

1990: 4,707

1980: 2,600