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Illinois Property Taxes by County

What homeowners actually pay, county by county: the median real estate tax bill, the rate that bill represents against local home values, and how much of a typical household's income it absorbs. Three different questions, three different rankings.

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Independent — not a government agency. Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

A row of brick bungalow houses along a residential street in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood.
Bungalows in Chicago's Portage Park historic district. The modest owner-occupied house is the backbone of the Illinois property tax base.Photo: Akperez24 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · View original sourcehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bungalows_in_Portage_Park_Bungalow_Historic_District.JPG