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Showing latest tax year with year-over-year changes. Full rate history available with a paid plan. View plans →

Property Tax — Tax Year 2024 (payable 2025)i

IL DOR

Composite Ratei

6.95%–7.34%-2.6%YoY

Varies by school district

Municipal Portioni

0.0602%-12.8%YoY0.8% of total

Effective Ratei

2.32%–2.45%

Est. Annual Taxi

$5K–$6K

Median Home Valuei

$228,200

Total Leviedi

$44.8M

Tax Per Capitai

$15

Municipal Revenuei

$30K4.7% of total rev

Rate varies by school district. Your actual rate depends on which school district your property falls in.

Rate Trend — click a year to explorei

20232024
Municipal
Other Districts

Where Your Tax Dollar Goesi

$0.67 U 2K
$0.13 Kankakee Co
$0.12 Essex Twp (Stark)
$0.06 Essex Fpd
$0.06 Essex Twp (Kankakee)
$0.01 Essex

Estimated Tax by Home Valuei

$100K

$2,316–$2,446

$150K

$3,474–$3,669

$200K

$4,631–$4,892

$250K

$5,789–$6,115

$300K

$6,947–$7,338

$350K

$8,105–$8,561

$400K

$9,263–$9,785

Highlighted value is closest to median home value ($228K)

6 Overlapping Taxing Districtsi

U 2KUnit K-12i
66.5%4.7471%
$18.6M levied
Kankakee Coi
12.7%0.9101%
$25.5M levied
Essex Twp (Stark)i
11.8%0.8395%
$210K levied
Essex Fpdi
5.5%0.3913%
$222K levied
Essex Twp (Kankakee)i
5.5%0.3902%
$199K levied
Essexi
0.8%0.0602%
$15K levied