{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a municipal bond ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 154 municipal bond ETFs, with a median fee of 0.25%, and 146 bond funds own 90% or more in municipal bonds.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf#article","headline":"What is a municipal bond ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 154 municipal bond ETFs, with a median fee of 0.25%, and 146 bond funds own 90% or more in municipal bonds.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"What is a municipal bond ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is the income from a muni fund tax free?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Often free of federal income tax, not always. It depends on the bonds and on you. This is not tax advice."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the difference between national and state funds?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A national fund owns bonds from many states. A state fund owns one state\u2019s bonds."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How does ETFIQ read a fund\u2019s bonds?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"From its latest N-PORT filing, bond by bond."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is a municipal bond ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a municipal bond ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 154 municipal bond ETFs, with a median fee of 0.25%, and 146 bond funds own 90% or more in municipal bonds.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":2020,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a municipal bond ETF? \n \n What is a municipal bond ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 154 municipal bond ETFs, with a median fee of 0.25%, and 146 bond funds own 90% or more in municipal bonds.\n \n In plain words\n A municipal bond ETF owns bonds from states, cities and other local bodies. The interest on many is free of federal income tax, which is why they exist, and its value depends on each investor\u2019s situation.\n ETFIQ counts 154 municipal funds at a median fee of 0.25%, national and single-state, short to long. 146 bond funds own 90% or more in municipal bonds, read from filings. Yield is not comparable with a taxable bond fund until tax is counted, so ETFIQ states it as paid and gives no tax advice.\n Questions\n Is the income from a muni fund tax free? Often free of federal income tax, not always. It depends on the bonds and on you. This is not tax advice.\n What is the difference between national and state funds? A national fund owns bonds from many states. A state fund owns one state\u2019s bonds.\n How does ETFIQ read a fund\u2019s bonds? From its latest N-PORT filing, bond by bond.\n Where to next\n Bonds Bond ETFs by kind Screener: filter every ETF What is a high-yield bond ETF? What is a Treasury ETF? What is bond ETF duration? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a municipal bond ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, What is a municipal bond ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a municipal bond ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf Markdown [What is a municipal bond ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, What is a municipal bond ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-municipal-bond-etf"}