$9,600 in Kane but scary part is went up over 950 in last two years. That is a very bad trend. And yes I fought it and will again. Always had better luck getting them reduced in DuPage
Too much. I’m happy to have an increase in income taxes to reduce and/or eliminate property taxes. It’s an unfair way to tax and an inequitable way to fund schools and local government. No other state is as bad as us with this.
$1407 for Tri-city school district, sangamon county. Would love the pay more - pretty much the entire school complex is 50 years old, has all kinds of issues that need addressing.
Gen Z - in my area, at least, the boomers that ruined the economy are the same ones who now vote down every single property tax increase proposal to repair schools. “I don’t care if the schools fallin’ apart, my kids is grown” is the argument we hear the most when knocking on doors. Thanks, old timer!
About $1200 on my small house in northern Lake County. It’s dropped, I’ve lost 40% value on my property since the recession. Two-thirds of that amount supports my school district.
Tax rate: 5.52% total which includes the township, the township road district, a community college district, fire protection district, water authority (at 0% this year), multi-township assessment, library district, ambulance district, and drainage district. 3.57% of that is for the school district alone.
$4000, tri city school district, Sangamon county. Half of that at least goes to the school. We have approximately 2000 residents paying into the school system, district has maybe 800 homes and lots of farm ground. 100 square miles of country roads.
Just over $4k. Springfield services, Chatham schools. I accepted higher property values and taxes to get into a better district. I suspect a property tax freeze/school funding overhaul will eventually diminish the quality of my district… and thus cause the value of my home to decrease by an amount equal to the current premium over a comparable house in a different district. My rough math leads me to believe that I will lose far more than I stand to gain. I hope I’m wrong.
Just under $2,000 on edge of Peoria County. Last increase currently being paid was voted in for large new addition to the Jr/Senior High School in my dinky village.
$7,900 and change in DuPage County (Glen Ellyn); for 4bd, 1.5 bath 1920’s brick bungalow @ approx 1200 sq ft. Last appraised at ~$380,000. 2015 taxes were $8,100.
$18,739.20 in the People’s Republic of Oak Park, in Cook County. We moved to OP for the schools, and did not regret it, but I can see another move in our future.
I paid $6,550 on a house with a FMV of $173,200, of which $3,938 went to pay for local Woodstock schools. Speaker Madigan’s $294,000 house on which he paid $4,600 in Chicago in 2016 would be taxed at over $11,000 in Woodstock.
Our real estate taxes have gone from $7500 a year when we bought our house to $16500 a year in the twenty five years we have lived in it. We have received no benefit from the increased assessed value…it is such a scam.
$2,730 for duplex in Spfld with an AV of $117K. Paid $4,600 for Chatham house with an AV of $205K before downsizing. Pay $800 for a $225K condo in Alabama. Would only be $400 if I didn’t rent it out.
- Been there, done that - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:34 pm:
$1,925 on a house valued at $88,960, so .0216%. Looking over my tax bill, I see where my money goes to the county, the township, the local school district, fire district, library district, community/jr. college, state university extension, local municipality, veterans advisory commission, and road/bridge/oil, but none of this money goes to the state. Question - Why are people looking to the state to do something about their property taxes? The way I see it, if I want to do something about my property taxes, I need to start dealing with the people who are asking for and spending my money. I don’t want the state government dictating to my local government bodies what they can and cannot do. What is the point of having local elections if someone from Rockford, Chicago, Elgin, or Downers Grove is going to have more of a say in what my county/township/municipality can and cannot do when they don’t have a clue of the everyday goings on around here?
$6,500 on a 1,200sqft house assesed at $192,000 in Cook. The assesment is a 30% increase from 3 years ago. The elementary schools are fine, but will either move or send my kids to private for high school, unless they improve. I did not win my appeal, and would gladly trade the Speaker for his tax bill. Maybe his law firm can help me out in the future…
$6,242.46 in the Chicago suburbs. We have an excellent school district, great library, reliable police protection, and responsive fire departments. I’m getting a bargain (no snark).
$6,242.46 in the Chicago suburbs. We have an excellent school district, a beautiful library, a highly professional police force, and responsive firefighting units. I’m getting a bargain (no snark).
$8,400 in Chicago. Was $4,500 when I purchased in 2013. The assessment increased 80% last year despite the fact I paid less than the previous owner did. Appeal denied. The previous owner must have known Berrios.
31,000 on a house assessed at $1.1mil and worth about 900k. My youngest kid is in 6th grade and when he is out of school; I’m out of Illinois. I’ll pay it off that year too. At 5% per year increase which is what has been, I’ll be paying nearly 50k by then. While I am not claiming poverty, I work very hard for my money and no way am I able to afford $5k per month in property taxes when I retire. I like living here but it just is not long-term feasible. I am already at the point where my mortgage is less than my tax portion on my monthly statement.
Pay $4,155 on a 1460 sq ft house in northern Lake County, House Full Cash Value assessed at $124,000. No curbs, street lights only on main roads, taxes mostly go to schools. House has dirt crawlspace, no basement.
This is not a scientific survey, but I was curious and put the numbers in Excel. 104 dollar-value responses above me at the time of posting.
Average: $7,992
Median: $5,850
Lowest 25%: $3,425 or less
Highest 25%: $9,525 or more
This is generally higher than numbers reported in economic data (Census) or by sources like WalletHub. But it’s safe to assume that CapitolFax readers are generally higher-educated than the average resident, which likely means higher incomes and higher-valued homes.
@47th Ward - So what’s your cutoff with Chicago property tax increases? Will it be parochial grade schools for the kids then roll the dice with selective enrollment CPS high schools? Or is it full throttle private until graduation?
I pay….$200K+ in R.E. taxes, so I know a few things.
Today, the Cook County Tax scavenger sale commenced, in downtown Chicago. 30,169 parcels are being auctioned for non payment of their real estate taxes. The South Suburbs got hit the worst. Many commercial properties are getting taxed into abandonment.
Northside Chicago R.E. taxes have really gone up, but it can be somewhat offset because the prices have appreciated nicely.
AMENDMENT: If you’re retired, please deduct 4.95% of your retirement income from your property tax bill to calculate your “effective” property tax rate.
I have quite a few retired neighbors complaining about their property taxes even after their senior exemptions. Imagine if they also had to pay state income taxes on their retirement income.
===Or is it full throttle private until graduation?===
I plan to stay in Chicago, knowing full well that my property taxes need to go up, and probably way up. Selective enrollment high school would be nice, but my parents sacrificed a lot to send me to Catholic schools and I’m prepared to sacrifice for my kids too. And I love Chicago, so I don’t plan to leave, I plan to do what I can to make it better.
Unfortunately part of that is paying for past borrowing from the pension funds. Thanks Mayor Daley!
$4,800, modest single family home, NW side of Chicago.
Parks are awesome but local schools aren’t so great: You get what you pay for. The property tax rate is a joke in Chicago, I’d happily pay more for an awesome elementary and high school, more cops, better roads.
$4300 on a $176K house in Champaign. My tax bill lists every recipient of my taxes, all local, and I generally feel that my money is spent fairly, and that I get great value for it–good public schools, great parks, excellent bus system, terrific library. I also feel some degree of influence on my local taxing bodies.
Some of the tax bills I see for Chicago can only mean that the properties are very expensive. My property taxes have fluctuated a couple hundred dollars around $5,000 (up and down) in my 1,600 sq. ft. townhome in Lincoln Square (just west of Andersonville) since I moved in in 2003.
When I see someone saying they are paying $12,000 it means they are living in a million plus dollar home in Lincoln Park or the Gold Coast.
As much as people complain about property taxes in Chicago, they are quite low compared to our neighbors in Lake County and the North Shore suburbs. We in the City have the luxury of having industry and commercial properties to help support our tax base.
- By way of Comparison - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 6:23 pm:
In Oregon, I pay about 1.2% of FMV. the assessed value goes up by 3%/yr capped by constitutional limitation. Taxes are capped at 1.5% of assessed value.
The downside is a 9% income tax rate, 9.9% over 125K. Oh, and unfunded pension liabilities are even higher than IL as a portion of income.
- POPE COUNTY PIRATE - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 6:36 pm:
$4600 for a 1300 square foot house in Elk Grove. We are continually told are taxes are low due to Elk Grove having the largest continuous industrial park in the US. LP, you don’t need a lawyer to save you money on your taxes. The process is very simple in Cook County. In fact, the people in the assessors office will help you with comps if you decide to do it in person (I do mine on the internet). I’ve saved about $600 a year without a lawyer.
$2900 on my $4600 goes to the high school district, k-8 school district, and the community college. So, if the state would only pay its constitutionally mandated 50% share of education, my tax bill would go way down. Can you say progressive tax property tax swap?
$6000 in Cook County just north of Chicago, with a homestead and senior citizen exemption. Going up to approximately $7000 next year due to bond issue to build new grammar school.
===Northside Chicago R.E. taxes have really gone up,…===
Yes they have gone up. However, while the property tax rate for Chicago has increased from lowest in all of Cook County it has only gone up to the eighth lowest in the country. Chicago property tax rates need to increase substantially more to fund promised pensions and other costs of the CPS and the City of Chicago itself.
AMENDMENT: If you’re retired, please deduct 4.95% of your retirement income from your property tax bill to calculate your “effective” property tax rate.
“I have quite a few retired neighbors complaining about their property taxes even after their senior exemptions. Imagine if they also had to pay state income taxes on their retirement income.”
I pay $8,600 per year and I have never had a child go through the school system (no kids). I have absolutely no problem paying my “share” for education, but property taxes are out of control. I basically have two mortgages - one for my house and one for my property taxes. Everyone should contribute, quit soaking the property owners. Increase the sales tax another 1%. You buy a pack of gum you contribute a penny, you buy a yaught you contribute $5000. Why should the state make more $$$ on my proprty than I do?
I have also seen the snarky comments on this site when people say they are leaving the state because of taxes. The response is usually something like “don’t let the door hit you in the — on the way out.” I personally know of 7 families in my neighborhood who left because of property taxes. It is a big problem that has no chance of being fixed. I am not a Rauner fan, but that is why he tried to tie property taxes, term limits, and pension reform to the budget. No chance any of this gets done now. Does anyone disagree? Buellet?
$6K in Sangamon County, Leland Grove on a property with a market value of $275K tops. $1700 on my 80 farm acres in Livingston County, which is double what it was three years ago thanks to the goofy countercyclical way farm land is taxed.
…Bueller, and if you disagree, who is going to propose those changes? Madigan? Hah… Full disclosure, I am a state worker with 31 years in and I plan to retire in the next year or two, so I don’t want to see any more changes that won’t make it anyway because of the court rulings. Tier 2 was pension reform, best we can get.
“I just added up. Commentators pay about a $trillion. We got big problems cause i thought everbody here was middle class.” Sad news, it is true - middle class.
Sorry, but can we go back to the question from “Been There, Done That” at 4:34? With such variation around the state–not to mention the fact that Republicans usually argue for local control on other issues–what’s the policy argument for pushing a property tax freeze at the state level? It’s obviously an easy, politically popular issue for an elected official to grab, but…somebody help me out with why the state should be involved in this, rather than people dealing with their local taxing districts (many of which have their own elected officials). Seriously. Thanks to anyone who can give a good explanation.
It helps that Cook County and Chicago have lots of commercial property whose owners pay a higher rate, with no exemptions. We generate quite a bit of local sales taxes too, utility fees, garbage, sewer, water, vehicle stickers, it adds up.
Chicago property taxes might be low, but we collect a lot of various taxes from a much larger population of taxpayers than anywhere else.
Many suburbs don’t have a lot of commercial activity so rely more heavily on taxes paid by homeowners. Downstate has additional issues with how farm land is assessed. They don’t have as many pockets to pick, so the same few taxpayers pay a proportionately higher property tax rate. That’s also partially the reason why I could buy a nice single family home in Kankakee for 10% of what I paid for my house in Chicago.
The State needs to help the situation and not pit counties and regions against each other. I don’t have a lot of confidence in the new management on the 2nd floor. This is a tough issue, but SB 1 is a good first step to bridging the property tax divide.
Our real estate taxes in Lake County now have escalated to $1,454 a month. I’m sorry, but that is obscene. It’s a nice house but certainly no mansion, has a decent sized lot and yes, very good schools and fire/police services. By the way, necessities like garbage pick-up, sewer and water are NOT included in this tax bill and are paid for separately. Money we had planned to spend on slow, steady maintenance and needed upgrades now is going straight to the taxman instead. Selling a home with high taxes like these is not easy. Several neighbors who have recently finally managed to sell have taken a serious haircut on the selling price to compensate new owners for the monthly taxes they’ll be paying along with their mortgage. Something has to give.
$5,269.62 on a $188k residence in Bloomington. A 8.405 tax rate, or an effective tax rate of 2.8017 *$8.405 / .3333 = 2.8017). That’s 2.8017 percent of the market value of the property every tax year.
If Illinois ever starts taxing retirement income, plan on lots of senior citizens having to sell (hopefully) or otherwise lose their property. Couldn’t afford to own it.
I haven’t added up yet; but probably in the $15K range for multiple properties.
I think the following link attempts to illustrate the average effective property tax rate for every Illinois County. I don’t know how they derive their numbers…
I fail to understand why a compromise on the property tax freeze issue is not a viable option.
Take some calculated ranking, determine the mean, freeze all those over 10% above the mean.
That approach would curtail increases on those most adversely impacted; but minimize the negative impact upon those taxing bodies which have used greater restraint in attempting to keep taxes low.
I know some areas with low equalized assessed valuations and high crime / social services demands (like the East St. Louis area) would still be hurt by such a proposal; but it would still be better than a statewide freeze or not doing anything to help ensure rate hike restraint.
$3400 on 3700 square feet on two acres west of Charleston. My property taxes in Texas (where I just moved) will be significantly higher. Just keeping it real.
About $6000 for a 1100 square foot 2 bedroom condo in Forest Park, suburban Cook, with senior and homestead exemptions. Market value probably $250,000. Lousy Proviso East schools. The whole district is poor, so we end up with more of the burden. Paid more in Oak Park, but had a house worth 75% more and excellent schools.
- Flippy - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:11 pm:
$7,900 and change, in DuPage County.
- West Wing - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:12 pm:
$9,300 in Rock Island County
- Down South - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:13 pm:
$1365
- Papa2008 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:14 pm:
1700.00 South Fork School District Christian County
- Down South - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:14 pm:
* failed to add in Randolph County
- LakeCounty - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:14 pm:
$28000 in Highland Park
- Ghost - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:14 pm:
seems you need the house value with this as well. doesnt say much otherwise.
- Gen Z - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:15 pm:
Can’t afford to buy property because the baby boomers ruined the economy. Would be nice to have a billionaire governor in my corner…
- DuPage Saint - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:15 pm:
$9,600 in Kane but scary part is went up over 950 in last two years. That is a very bad trend. And yes I fought it and will again. Always had better luck getting them reduced in DuPage
- doofusguy - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:15 pm:
$900 condo in SE McHenry County
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:16 pm:
10K DuPage
4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath - not huge house
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:17 pm:
Sangamon County
$5,400
Property appraised around $215,000
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:17 pm:
$5700 in Whiteside County (2.4% of appraised value)
- Stuck on the 3rd Floor - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:17 pm:
$2677, Springfield.
- Cubs in '16 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:18 pm:
$28,000? Crikey (exclamation point)
- Boat captain - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:18 pm:
$3200 in sangamon county. Ball Chatham school district.
- up2now - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:19 pm:
$600, Charleston.
- Holdingontomywallet - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:19 pm:
$8,600 - Sangamon County. Built the house 14 years ago, $4,250 then.
- Joe - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:20 pm:
2.75% in Rock Island County
- illini97 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:20 pm:
2.06% of appraised value
Glen Carbon, Madison County
- Anon - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:20 pm:
Too much. I’m happy to have an increase in income taxes to reduce and/or eliminate property taxes. It’s an unfair way to tax and an inequitable way to fund schools and local government. No other state is as bad as us with this.
- Liberty - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:21 pm:
$5700 Springfield ($1000 in 1983)
- Williamson County Resident - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:23 pm:
$985 on a small 3 bedroom ranch house in Williamson County.
- the Patriot - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:23 pm:
4800 Union County
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:23 pm:
Can I also include the private school tuition I pay for my kids because the public school is poor-performing school?
Because the two are deeply connected.
- Liberty - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:24 pm:
What is your lease out on the lake Rich?
- Rod - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:24 pm:
$12,500 a year north side of Chicago (Andersonville community)
- Gruntled University Employee - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:25 pm:
$3,000.00 in Douglas County and they went down 10% this year.
- Archiesmom - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:26 pm:
Just under $8000 in Cook County. $6100 is for school taxes.
- Lester Holt's Mustache - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:27 pm:
$1407 for Tri-city school district, sangamon county. Would love the pay more - pretty much the entire school complex is 50 years old, has all kinds of issues that need addressing.
Gen Z - in my area, at least, the boomers that ruined the economy are the same ones who now vote down every single property tax increase proposal to repair schools. “I don’t care if the schools fallin’ apart, my kids is grown” is the argument we hear the most when knocking on doors. Thanks, old timer!
- Ravenswood Right Winger - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:27 pm:
$5,200 I live right near Rahm.
- Wensicia - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:27 pm:
About $1200 on my small house in northern Lake County. It’s dropped, I’ve lost 40% value on my property since the recession. Two-thirds of that amount supports my school district.
- anon - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:28 pm:
17k in south cook county on a house valued at 325k i win/or lose depending on how you look at the question
- Tequila Mockingbird - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:28 pm:
5600 in Henry county
- Shermanite - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:29 pm:
$2,959.48 in Sherman, Sangamon County.
- illini - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:32 pm:
$1200 for a 60 year old 1600sf frame ranch in Washington County
- Bored Chairman - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:32 pm:
$20,000 in Oak Park. Was $12,000 6 years ago.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:32 pm:
$11,500 in Morton Grove - $2,200 when I moved in in 1988 - I’m also ready to leave
- Annonymouse - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:32 pm:
$35,000
in Sangamon Co, 4 properties
two school systems.
- Anon221 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:32 pm:
Tax rate: 5.52% total which includes the township, the township road district, a community college district, fire protection district, water authority (at 0% this year), multi-township assessment, library district, ambulance district, and drainage district. 3.57% of that is for the school district alone.
- Lefty Lefty - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:33 pm:
Less than 2% in Kane County.
- Silent Budgeteer - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:33 pm:
About $3,800 or so in Sangamon County, on a house with assessed value of $155,000.
- Captain Illini - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:34 pm:
$2600 in Lee County
- Columbo - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:34 pm:
$7k on a house with market value of approx. $325k in Springfield
- southern Illinois resident - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:35 pm:
$984.92 in Williamson County.
- TRH - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:35 pm:
$3600 west side in Springfield. Recent home appraisal was 177k, up from 160k 2014 appraisal so am expecting an increase in the near future.
- 95th resident - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:35 pm:
$1100.00 in Montgomery County on 20 acres house appraised value around 75k
- Alternative Logic - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:36 pm:
$30,301.36 Chicago, Lake View Township
- Jimmy Jazz - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:37 pm:
Don’t know — I rent.
- Robert the Bruce - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:37 pm:
$0 in high rent district of Chicago. Neighbor owns the place and won’t fix the darn toilets. Not sure he knows I’m here, so I don’t complain.
- Past the Rule of 85 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:37 pm:
Just under $7,000 in Williamsville. Property taxes are not much lower than my mortgage payments were.
- Ractin - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:38 pm:
$14k in Cook Co (been on the market 2 years), and $3100 in Grundy.
- Uptown Strong - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:38 pm:
$7,500 for a condo(!!!) in Chicago. Overvalued by county, challenged, acknowledged it was overvalued, nothing happened.
- Thoughts Matter - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:40 pm:
$4000, tri city school district, Sangamon county. Half of that at least goes to the school. We have approximately 2000 residents paying into the school system, district has maybe 800 homes and lots of farm ground. 100 square miles of country roads.
- Rocky Rosi - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:40 pm:
Primary home 189k
- Earnest - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:40 pm:
$4,400
- How Ironic - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:41 pm:
Currently in CA I pay $5,000 a year. When I was in Springfield IL, I paid $7,900 and my home was worth 50% of what it is in CA.
Of the things I miss from IL, property taxes isn’t one of them.
- Rocky Rosi - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:42 pm:
Forgot to add cook county
- Rauner hates public universities - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:42 pm:
2500 6 bedroom home in Buffalo il tri-city school.
main part of school built 1930’s one of first consolidated schools. unit district 1 needs updated
Until we pass a school tax based on income property taxes will increase.
Glad there was no tax freeze that would have cause local government budget crisis.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:43 pm:
$15,700 in northern Cook
- Elgin Property - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:44 pm:
$2,040. Elgin, Kane Co.
- Expletivedeleted - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:45 pm:
Just over $4k. Springfield services, Chatham schools. I accepted higher property values and taxes to get into a better district. I suspect a property tax freeze/school funding overhaul will eventually diminish the quality of my district… and thus cause the value of my home to decrease by an amount equal to the current premium over a comparable house in a different district. My rough math leads me to believe that I will lose far more than I stand to gain. I hope I’m wrong.
- Terry Salad - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:46 pm:
$3,200 on a 2-bedroom Condo in a nice neighborhood on Chicago’s northwest side.
- Viking - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:46 pm:
$6,600 in Homewood (Cook Co.)
- Cindy Lou - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:47 pm:
Just under $2,000 on edge of Peoria County. Last increase currently being paid was voted in for large new addition to the Jr/Senior High School in my dinky village.
- ChiCity - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:49 pm:
$3600 for a 900 sg foot condo in South Loop (Chicago)worth about $240K. Taxes have gone up $1200 in the last few years.
- Tim - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:49 pm:
$4,200 for a small house in Naperville (DuPage).
- 100 miles west - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:50 pm:
$4k in Lee County, on $140k house
- Downers Grove Guy - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:51 pm:
$14,300 for a CONDO. Sigh.
- Not It - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:52 pm:
Property taxes don’t impact me because I rent.
- Not It - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:52 pm:
That was snark for those that didn’t get it.
- Not My Real Name - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:53 pm:
$8,000 on a 3 bed 1 1/2 bath house built in 1890 on a 47×150 lot. Gotta Love DuPage.
- anonymous retiree - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:54 pm:
$4,000 in Chicago
- Flippy - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:54 pm:
$7,900 and change in DuPage County (Glen Ellyn); for 4bd, 1.5 bath 1920’s brick bungalow @ approx 1200 sq ft. Last appraised at ~$380,000. 2015 taxes were $8,100.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:54 pm:
$4800 in Leland Grove (Springfield burb) on a house assessed at around $190,000
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:54 pm:
Sangamon co $4000
- Retired and Tired - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:55 pm:
$18,739.20 in the People’s Republic of Oak Park, in Cook County. We moved to OP for the schools, and did not regret it, but I can see another move in our future.
- Steve Reick - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:58 pm:
I paid $6,550 on a house with a FMV of $173,200, of which $3,938 went to pay for local Woodstock schools. Speaker Madigan’s $294,000 house on which he paid $4,600 in Chicago in 2016 would be taxed at over $11,000 in Woodstock.
- Saluki - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:58 pm:
$1100 on a 2 bedroom brick house in Jackson County.
- just me - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 3:58 pm:
$4000 in Kankakee County house valued at $109,000. 3 bed - 2 bath, maybe 1400 sq
- Emerson - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:02 pm:
$4K in City of Peoria. 1,300 sf, 3 bedrooms and 2 baths
- dishpan - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:03 pm:
7,200 in cook county northwest suburbs, house appraised at 240k.
3 bed-1-1/2 bath, about 1300 sq ft.
- TominChicago - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:04 pm:
$19k west suburban cook
- Stuff Happens - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:05 pm:
10.6288%, Urbana IL.
The University and two hospitals gobbling up prime real estate is killing us.
- A guy - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:06 pm:
$7800 Dupage. 3BR, 2BA.
- UISer - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:06 pm:
$6730 in Sangamon County
- A guy - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:07 pm:
Hinsdale pal showed me his tax bill. $33K. Nice house, but still…
- ChrisB - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:07 pm:
Just above 12k in the West Burbs of Cook.
- Cheryl 44 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:09 pm:
I’m a renter and a boomer and Gen Z needs to get off my lawn.
- UISer - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:10 pm:
House valued at 300K for my $6730
- iroquois county dem - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:12 pm:
$1900 on a house appraised at $65,000- Iroquois County
- STILL WATERS - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:12 pm:
$7,000 - COOK COUNTY-CHICAGO WEST SIDE
- Inspector Gadget - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:12 pm:
19,500 South Suburban Cook
- Steve - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:15 pm:
After two successful school referendums, just under $20,000 this year in Oak Park
- Frank O'Pinion - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:15 pm:
$7500, up from $5900 just 3 years ago for a condo valued @ 400K in North Center.
- Joe Public - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:16 pm:
Our real estate taxes have gone from $7500 a year when we bought our house to $16500 a year in the twenty five years we have lived in it. We have received no benefit from the increased assessed value…it is such a scam.
- Steve Rogers - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:17 pm:
Just shy of $6,000. Washington Park area, Springfield.
- Too Much to Handle - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:17 pm:
$3,142.98 in Chicago
- no name this time - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:19 pm:
$9500 in DuPage–less than 2% of home’s value. 5 BR, 3.5 bath
- Tommydanger - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:20 pm:
North of $11,000 on a $350k property in DeKalb County.
I only wish I could pay the exorbitant rates in Chicago.
/s
- Retired Already - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:22 pm:
$3,600 in Champaign. A large school bond referendum passed in the spring that will add another $250 or so when it is implemented.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:22 pm:
Chi City 3:49. your Chicago taxes may have gone up recently, but your taxation rate is still only 64% of the rate I pay in a western IL county.
- No Longer a Lurker - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:24 pm:
$7300 in northwest Cook County
- State Worker - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:25 pm:
5600 and change…Sangamon County, Pleasant Plains school district
- DE - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:25 pm:
$19,900 northwest suburban cook (Inverness) Fremd H.S. so not complaining too much
- Cable Line Beer Gardener - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:27 pm:
10,500 in DuPage County
5,200 in Iroquois County
- 37B - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:28 pm:
Approx. $16,500 (can’t find the bill).
Near South-East Suburbs.
- Former Hillrod - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:28 pm:
$3500 in Springfield for a 3 br 2 ba ranch built in 1970.
- LTSW - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:31 pm:
$2,730 for duplex in Spfld with an AV of $117K. Paid $4,600 for Chatham house with an AV of $205K before downsizing. Pay $800 for a $225K condo in Alabama. Would only be $400 if I didn’t rent it out.
- Been there, done that - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:34 pm:
$1,925 on a house valued at $88,960, so .0216%. Looking over my tax bill, I see where my money goes to the county, the township, the local school district, fire district, library district, community/jr. college, state university extension, local municipality, veterans advisory commission, and road/bridge/oil, but none of this money goes to the state. Question - Why are people looking to the state to do something about their property taxes? The way I see it, if I want to do something about my property taxes, I need to start dealing with the people who are asking for and spending my money. I don’t want the state government dictating to my local government bodies what they can and cannot do. What is the point of having local elections if someone from Rockford, Chicago, Elgin, or Downers Grove is going to have more of a say in what my county/township/municipality can and cannot do when they don’t have a clue of the everyday goings on around here?
- 12miles from Indiana - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:35 pm:
$6,500 on a 1,200sqft house assesed at $192,000 in Cook. The assesment is a 30% increase from 3 years ago. The elementary schools are fine, but will either move or send my kids to private for high school, unless they improve. I did not win my appeal, and would gladly trade the Speaker for his tax bill. Maybe his law firm can help me out in the future…
- City Zen - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:37 pm:
$12,000 West Suburban Cook County.
- cover - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:38 pm:
About $2800 in Chatham, though this year will be my last as a homeowner, downsizing and renting in the future.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:40 pm:
==Can I also include the private school tuition I pay for my kids because the public school is poor-performing school?==
Yes you may. Let’s call it your “effective” property tax rate.
- Dome Gnome - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:43 pm:
$6,242.46 in the Chicago suburbs. We have an excellent school district, great library, reliable police protection, and responsive fire departments. I’m getting a bargain (no snark).
- A Jack$3800 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:51 pm:
$3800 in Menard County. Tax rate is 7.33%
- Diogenes in DuPage - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:51 pm:
$7900 for 91-year old, 1800sf bungalow
- Dome Gnome - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:51 pm:
$6,242.46 in the Chicago suburbs. We have an excellent school district, a beautiful library, a highly professional police force, and responsive firefighting units. I’m getting a bargain (no snark).
- Anon2 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:52 pm:
$8,400 in Chicago. Was $4,500 when I purchased in 2013. The assessment increased 80% last year despite the fact I paid less than the previous owner did. Appeal denied. The previous owner must have known Berrios.
- Talkative Pig - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:53 pm:
2.3% in Chatham.
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:53 pm:
===Yes you may.===
Then that puts me above $20K, or Evanston-like taxes.
But that’s the trade off, isn’t it? If I’m going to pay north shore taxes, I want quality public schools like the north shore.
- Deerfield-resident - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:55 pm:
31,000 on a house assessed at $1.1mil and worth about 900k. My youngest kid is in 6th grade and when he is out of school; I’m out of Illinois. I’ll pay it off that year too. At 5% per year increase which is what has been, I’ll be paying nearly 50k by then. While I am not claiming poverty, I work very hard for my money and no way am I able to afford $5k per month in property taxes when I retire. I like living here but it just is not long-term feasible. I am already at the point where my mortgage is less than my tax portion on my monthly statement.
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:55 pm:
It was just north of $3000, but after removing my toilets, it dropped to $2000.
Thanks JB for that tip!
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:56 pm:
Pay $4,155 on a 1460 sq ft house in northern Lake County, House Full Cash Value assessed at $124,000. No curbs, street lights only on main roads, taxes mostly go to schools. House has dirt crawlspace, no basement.
- Anon0091 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:56 pm:
Sorry, but the question is meaningless without the value of the home and location too.
19,000 on a 900,000 home in the Chicago suburbs.
- titan - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 4:57 pm:
About $7,000 on a 2 bedroom townhouse in Du Page
- Purple Tie - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:00 pm:
About $4,300 on home with assessed “Market value” of about $172,000, in Springfield, at a rate of 8.3394%
- JS Mill - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:01 pm:
$5,600 on a house appraised at (for taxes) $177,000.
More than happy to pay it for good schools and services.
- Frank Manzo IV - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:02 pm:
This is not a scientific survey, but I was curious and put the numbers in Excel. 104 dollar-value responses above me at the time of posting.
Average: $7,992
Median: $5,850
Lowest 25%: $3,425 or less
Highest 25%: $9,525 or more
This is generally higher than numbers reported in economic data (Census) or by sources like WalletHub. But it’s safe to assume that CapitolFax readers are generally higher-educated than the average resident, which likely means higher incomes and higher-valued homes.
- 37B - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:10 pm:
@ Myself@ 4:28 pm:
Approx. $16,500 (can’t find the bill).
Near South-[West] Suburbs.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:19 pm:
@47th Ward - So what’s your cutoff with Chicago property tax increases? Will it be parochial grade schools for the kids then roll the dice with selective enrollment CPS high schools? Or is it full throttle private until graduation?
- Landlord Brian - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:20 pm:
I pay….$200K+ in R.E. taxes, so I know a few things.
Today, the Cook County Tax scavenger sale commenced, in downtown Chicago. 30,169 parcels are being auctioned for non payment of their real estate taxes. The South Suburbs got hit the worst. Many commercial properties are getting taxed into abandonment.
Northside Chicago R.E. taxes have really gone up, but it can be somewhat offset because the prices have appreciated nicely.
- City Zen - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:26 pm:
AMENDMENT: If you’re retired, please deduct 4.95% of your retirement income from your property tax bill to calculate your “effective” property tax rate.
I have quite a few retired neighbors complaining about their property taxes even after their senior exemptions. Imagine if they also had to pay state income taxes on their retirement income.
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:28 pm:
===Or is it full throttle private until graduation?===
I plan to stay in Chicago, knowing full well that my property taxes need to go up, and probably way up. Selective enrollment high school would be nice, but my parents sacrificed a lot to send me to Catholic schools and I’m prepared to sacrifice for my kids too. And I love Chicago, so I don’t plan to leave, I plan to do what I can to make it better.
Unfortunately part of that is paying for past borrowing from the pension funds. Thanks Mayor Daley!
- Yooper in Diaspora - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:36 pm:
$2737 in McDonough County.
- Lucky Pierre - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:38 pm:
$ 12,000 on the north side of Chicago last year.
I expect an increase this year and for the foreseeable future.
Up 400% in less than 20 years.
I have hired property tax lawyers to lower my bill and it has saved me about 1,000 a year for 3 years.
The property tax lawyer gets 1/2 of the first year savings.
A terrible system that encourages over assessments and the need to hire a lawyer to fix the error.
- Plutocrat03 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:40 pm:
1.5% in Lake County
- Sonny - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:47 pm:
$4,800, modest single family home, NW side of Chicago.
Parks are awesome but local schools aren’t so great: You get what you pay for. The property tax rate is a joke in Chicago, I’d happily pay more for an awesome elementary and high school, more cops, better roads.
- NoGifts - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:55 pm:
$6,500 annually, western suburbs cook county
- KSDinCU - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 5:58 pm:
$4300 on a $176K house in Champaign. My tax bill lists every recipient of my taxes, all local, and I generally feel that my money is spent fairly, and that I get great value for it–good public schools, great parks, excellent bus system, terrific library. I also feel some degree of influence on my local taxing bodies.
- Daniel - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 6:10 pm:
Some of the tax bills I see for Chicago can only mean that the properties are very expensive. My property taxes have fluctuated a couple hundred dollars around $5,000 (up and down) in my 1,600 sq. ft. townhome in Lincoln Square (just west of Andersonville) since I moved in in 2003.
When I see someone saying they are paying $12,000 it means they are living in a million plus dollar home in Lincoln Park or the Gold Coast.
As much as people complain about property taxes in Chicago, they are quite low compared to our neighbors in Lake County and the North Shore suburbs. We in the City have the luxury of having industry and commercial properties to help support our tax base.
- Huh? - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 6:14 pm:
$4,400 in LaSalle County.
- By way of Comparison - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 6:23 pm:
In Oregon, I pay about 1.2% of FMV. the assessed value goes up by 3%/yr capped by constitutional limitation. Taxes are capped at 1.5% of assessed value.
The downside is a 9% income tax rate, 9.9% over 125K. Oh, and unfunded pension liabilities are even higher than IL as a portion of income.
- POPE COUNTY PIRATE - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 6:36 pm:
$3500 Pope County
- Jocko - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 6:42 pm:
$6800 in DuPage…less than 2% of the homes value. In return, I get great schools, responsive public service, and good upkeep by the city.
- walker - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 6:48 pm:
8100 NW Cook Co suburb
- Lamont - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 6:50 pm:
$4600 for a 1300 square foot house in Elk Grove. We are continually told are taxes are low due to Elk Grove having the largest continuous industrial park in the US. LP, you don’t need a lawyer to save you money on your taxes. The process is very simple in Cook County. In fact, the people in the assessors office will help you with comps if you decide to do it in person (I do mine on the internet). I’ve saved about $600 a year without a lawyer.
- Lamont - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 6:54 pm:
$2900 on my $4600 goes to the high school district, k-8 school district, and the community college. So, if the state would only pay its constitutionally mandated 50% share of education, my tax bill would go way down. Can you say progressive tax property tax swap?
- Cook County Commoner - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 6:55 pm:
$6000 in Cook County just north of Chicago, with a homestead and senior citizen exemption. Going up to approximately $7000 next year due to bond issue to build new grammar school.
- Lt Guv - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 7:01 pm:
$5805.46 on a condo in NW Cook County for 2016.
- Hit or Miss - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 7:02 pm:
===Northside Chicago R.E. taxes have really gone up,…===
Yes they have gone up. However, while the property tax rate for Chicago has increased from lowest in all of Cook County it has only gone up to the eighth lowest in the country. Chicago property tax rates need to increase substantially more to fund promised pensions and other costs of the CPS and the City of Chicago itself.
- Gmma - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 7:16 pm:
$4800 City of Peoria with Senior exemption of $500 already taken off. Home market value ~$200K. 1700 sq feet, 3 bed, 3 bath ranch
- anon - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 7:17 pm:
$20K in Lake County. Was $13K in 2017
- yinn - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 7:51 pm:
About $4900 for 1300sf in DeKalb County that is currently assessed at $132k.
- Workin' - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 7:52 pm:
Four times the amount of my income tax hike. Happy to pay both.
- cannon649 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 7:54 pm:
$10k in NW Cook - appeal every year last 20 years
- Holdingontomywallet - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 8:11 pm:
AMENDMENT: If you’re retired, please deduct 4.95% of your retirement income from your property tax bill to calculate your “effective” property tax rate.
“I have quite a few retired neighbors complaining about their property taxes even after their senior exemptions. Imagine if they also had to pay state income taxes on their retirement income.”
I pay $8,600 per year and I have never had a child go through the school system (no kids). I have absolutely no problem paying my “share” for education, but property taxes are out of control. I basically have two mortgages - one for my house and one for my property taxes. Everyone should contribute, quit soaking the property owners. Increase the sales tax another 1%. You buy a pack of gum you contribute a penny, you buy a yaught you contribute $5000. Why should the state make more $$$ on my proprty than I do?
- David - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 8:34 pm:
2.8 percent in western Illinois.
- Piece of Work - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 8:34 pm:
$8000 in Sangamon County
- Nieva - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 8:39 pm:
560.00 in Gallatin County. House built in 1961 and we do get the senior exemption. Value around 100k
- ryan - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 8:40 pm:
~3.1% in Clifton (Iroquois County)
~2.9% between Clifton and Chebanse (also Iroquois County)
- Holdingontomywallet - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 8:40 pm:
I have also seen the snarky comments on this site when people say they are leaving the state because of taxes. The response is usually something like “don’t let the door hit you in the — on the way out.” I personally know of 7 families in my neighborhood who left because of property taxes. It is a big problem that has no chance of being fixed. I am not a Rauner fan, but that is why he tried to tie property taxes, term limits, and pension reform to the budget. No chance any of this gets done now. Does anyone disagree? Buellet?
- Excessively Rabid - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 8:52 pm:
$6K in Sangamon County, Leland Grove on a property with a market value of $275K tops. $1700 on my 80 farm acres in Livingston County, which is double what it was three years ago thanks to the goofy countercyclical way farm land is taxed.
- Holdingontomywallet - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 8:57 pm:
…Bueller, and if you disagree, who is going to propose those changes? Madigan? Hah… Full disclosure, I am a state worker with 31 years in and I plan to retire in the next year or two, so I don’t want to see any more changes that won’t make it anyway because of the court rulings. Tier 2 was pension reform, best we can get.
- RNUG - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 9:03 pm:
Over $8,000 on a total of 3 properties probably worth about $300K
- Blue dog dem - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 9:07 pm:
I just added up. Commentators pay about a $trillion. We got big problems cause i thought everbody here was middle class.
- Holdingontomywallet - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 9:16 pm:
“I just added up. Commentators pay about a $trillion. We got big problems cause i thought everbody here was middle class.” Sad news, it is true - middle class.
- Ron - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 9:35 pm:
About 1.5% of value in Chicago.
- Peter Porker - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 9:52 pm:
Sorry, but can we go back to the question from “Been There, Done That” at 4:34? With such variation around the state–not to mention the fact that Republicans usually argue for local control on other issues–what’s the policy argument for pushing a property tax freeze at the state level? It’s obviously an easy, politically popular issue for an elected official to grab, but…somebody help me out with why the state should be involved in this, rather than people dealing with their local taxing districts (many of which have their own elected officials). Seriously. Thanks to anyone who can give a good explanation.
- Radical Candor - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 10:22 pm:
Here is some radical candor for you.
It helps that Cook County and Chicago have lots of commercial property whose owners pay a higher rate, with no exemptions. We generate quite a bit of local sales taxes too, utility fees, garbage, sewer, water, vehicle stickers, it adds up.
Chicago property taxes might be low, but we collect a lot of various taxes from a much larger population of taxpayers than anywhere else.
Many suburbs don’t have a lot of commercial activity so rely more heavily on taxes paid by homeowners. Downstate has additional issues with how farm land is assessed. They don’t have as many pockets to pick, so the same few taxpayers pay a proportionately higher property tax rate. That’s also partially the reason why I could buy a nice single family home in Kankakee for 10% of what I paid for my house in Chicago.
The State needs to help the situation and not pit counties and regions against each other. I don’t have a lot of confidence in the new management on the 2nd floor. This is a tough issue, but SB 1 is a good first step to bridging the property tax divide.
- El Conquistador - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 10:37 pm:
Used to be $6,300 in St. Clair County. Now $1,700 in St. Joseph County, IN for a nearly identical house.
- Responsa - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 11:10 pm:
Our real estate taxes in Lake County now have escalated to $1,454 a month. I’m sorry, but that is obscene. It’s a nice house but certainly no mansion, has a decent sized lot and yes, very good schools and fire/police services. By the way, necessities like garbage pick-up, sewer and water are NOT included in this tax bill and are paid for separately. Money we had planned to spend on slow, steady maintenance and needed upgrades now is going straight to the taxman instead. Selling a home with high taxes like these is not easy. Several neighbors who have recently finally managed to sell have taken a serious haircut on the selling price to compensate new owners for the monthly taxes they’ll be paying along with their mortgage. Something has to give.
- Anon Downstate - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 11:24 pm:
$5,269.62 on a $188k residence in Bloomington. A 8.405 tax rate, or an effective tax rate of 2.8017 *$8.405 / .3333 = 2.8017). That’s 2.8017 percent of the market value of the property every tax year.
If Illinois ever starts taxing retirement income, plan on lots of senior citizens having to sell (hopefully) or otherwise lose their property. Couldn’t afford to own it.
- Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Jul 12, 17 @ 11:37 pm:
$8850 on $348k “market”assessed City of Springfield/District 186. Currently appealing valuation due to recent sales in neighborhood.
- Paceman - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 5:19 am:
$4,924 in Springfield
- dray - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 5:35 am:
5k on a 3 br 2.5 bath on 1/3 acre in Sangamon Co.
- FLEA - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 7:45 am:
$5300 for two homes on 100A, west of Spfld.
- The Good Lieutenant - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 8:40 am:
$6013 on a $155K market value house in SE Will Co. Went up $535 this year alone and almost $3000 since 2004
- Fairness and Fairness Only - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 8:59 am:
$6800 in Madison County for a house in $300k range. Approximately half of that goes to schools, which are 75-80% funded by property tax.
- Chuckee Baby - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 9:02 am:
$5,400, 2.4$% of Assessed Value, Tazewell County
- logic not emotion - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 9:05 am:
I haven’t added up yet; but probably in the $15K range for multiple properties.
I think the following link attempts to illustrate the average effective property tax rate for every Illinois County. I don’t know how they derive their numbers…
https://smartasset.com/taxes/illinois-property-tax-calculator
- Collinsville Kevin - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 9:12 am:
$1900 on a 941-square foot house a mile from beautiful downtown Collinsville.
- logic not emotion - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 9:14 am:
I fail to understand why a compromise on the property tax freeze issue is not a viable option.
Take some calculated ranking, determine the mean, freeze all those over 10% above the mean.
That approach would curtail increases on those most adversely impacted; but minimize the negative impact upon those taxing bodies which have used greater restraint in attempting to keep taxes low.
I know some areas with low equalized assessed valuations and high crime / social services demands (like the East St. Louis area) would still be hurt by such a proposal; but it would still be better than a statewide freeze or not doing anything to help ensure rate hike restraint.
- Anon - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 9:40 am:
$650 per year in Rock Island IL
- Chucktownian - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 9:54 am:
$3400 on 3700 square feet on two acres west of Charleston. My property taxes in Texas (where I just moved) will be significantly higher. Just keeping it real.
- Nick - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 9:59 am:
Sangamon County
$4,800
Property valued around $200,000
- Nick - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 10:00 am:
2700 square foot - 4 BR, 3.5 BA
- Nearly Normal - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 11:28 am:
$3,460.40–tax rate is 8.55879; value of 1250 sq ft duplex for taxes is $154,310. Unit 5 gets $2027.49 from tax rate of 5.01469.
- kayc - Thursday, Jul 13, 17 @ 1:37 pm:
$2093 - 3br/2ba - Springfield
- Ann - Friday, Jul 14, 17 @ 4:15 pm:
About $6000 for a 1100 square foot 2 bedroom condo in Forest Park, suburban Cook, with senior and homestead exemptions. Market value probably $250,000. Lousy Proviso East schools. The whole district is poor, so we end up with more of the burden. Paid more in Oak Park, but had a house worth 75% more and excellent schools.