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For more information on the 2026 budget order, including certified budgets and assessed values for townships, go to www.in.gov/dlgf/county-specific-information/hancock/.
Hancock County’s taxing units received their certified budget orders from the state’s Department of Local Government and Finance this month.

Budget orders contain the state’s certification of the approved budget, the net assessed value and total tax rate for each taxing district in the county.

For the overall county budget order, Hancock County’s total assessed value has eclipsed $7 billion for the first time ever, clocking in at $7.15 billion. This represents the growing assessed value in the county, which in the 2025 budget order was $6.81 billion — in 2022, the total assessed value for the county was $4.24 billion.

The county tax rate remained constant at $0.2769 for the third straight year.

Greenfield’s overall tax rate for 2026 is $0.8410, an increase from the $0.8149 tax rate in 2025, while the total assessed value for the city increased slightly to $2.34 billion. The city’s certified budget for the year clocked in at $37,608,747.

Fortville’s tax rate for 2026 dipped over a dime, going from $0.8053 from 2025 to $0.6881 in 2026. On the other hand, New Palestine’s total tax rate increased by a nickel, going up from $0.4048 in 2025 to $0.4613 in 2026. McCordsville’s tax rate decreased from 2025, going from $0.5124 last year to $0.4842 this year.

Three of the four school districts experienced tax rate increases for 2026. New Palestine Community Schools’ tax rate increased to $1.0892; Greenfield-Central’s increased to $0.9498; Mt. Vernon’s decreased to $1.2382; Eastern Hancock’s increased to $1.0075.
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