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Property Tax — Tax Year 2026 (payable 2027)i
Composite Ratei
3.65%–6.04%-0.1%YoY
Varies by school district
Municipal Portioni
2.3696%+0.4%YoY48.9% of total
Effective Ratei
3.65%–6.04%Median Home Valuei
$105,400Rate varies by school district. Your actual rate depends on which school district your property falls in.
Rate Trend — click a year to explorei
20252026
Where Your Tax Dollar Goesi
$0.55 RIVER FOREST COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP $0.50 GARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.48 LAKE RIDGE SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.45 EAST CHICAGO - GENERAL $0.35 SCHOOL CITY OF HOBART SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.30 LAKE STATION SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.27 GRIFFITH PUBLIC SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.26 MUNSTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.23 CROWN POINT COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.23 HANOVER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.22 TRI CREEK SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.21 MERRILLVILLE SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.21 HAMMOND CITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.18 WHITING CITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.17 LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.17 HIGHLAND TOWN SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.14 SCHOOL CITY OF EAST CHICAGO SCHOOL CORP $0.09 GARY PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.07 EAST CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.07 WHITING PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.04 EAST CHICAGO - PARK & RECREATION $0.03 HAMMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.02 LAKE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.01 LOWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.01 CROWN POINT COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.00 EAST CHICAGO - REDEVELOPMENT - GENERAL $0.00 EAST CHICAGO - FIRE PENSION $0.00 EAST CHICAGO - POLICE PENSION Estimated Tax by Home Valuei
Highlighted value is closest to median home value ($105K)
29 Overlapping Taxing Districtsi
RIVER FOREST COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPUnit K-12
55.1%2.6684%
GARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
50.2%2.4334%
LAKE RIDGE SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
48.4%2.3442%
EAST CHICAGO - GENERALi
44.8%2.1727%
SCHOOL CITY OF HOBART SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
34.9%1.6907%
LAKE STATION SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
29.7%1.4391%
GRIFFITH PUBLIC SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
27.3%1.3232%
MUNSTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
26.3%1.2751%
CROWN POINT COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
23.1%1.1187%
HANOVER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
22.7%1.0979%
TRI CREEK SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
21.8%1.0550%
MERRILLVILLE SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
21.3%1.0344%
HAMMOND CITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
21%1.0170%
WHITING CITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
17.6%0.8529%
LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
17.4%0.8422%
HIGHLAND TOWN SCHOOL CORPORATIONHigh School
16.6%0.8064%
SCHOOL CITY OF EAST CHICAGO SCHOOL CORPUnit K-12
14.4%0.6957%
County - Lakei
12.1%0.5845%
GARY PUBLIC LIBRARYi
8.6%0.4188%
EAST CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARYi
7.2%0.3497%
WHITING PUBLIC LIBRARYi
6.9%0.3335%
EAST CHICAGO - PARK & RECREATIONi
3.5%0.1713%
HAMMOND PUBLIC LIBRARYi
3.2%0.1554%
LAKE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARYi
1.6%0.0792%
LOWELL PUBLIC LIBRARYi
1.4%0.0662%
CROWN POINT COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARYi
1.3%0.0646%
EAST CHICAGO - REDEVELOPMENT - GENERALi
0.4%0.0214%
EAST CHICAGO - FIRE PENSIONi
0%0.0021%
EAST CHICAGO - POLICE PENSIONi
0%0.0021%