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Property Tax — Tax Year 2026 (payable 2027)i
Composite Ratei
2.17%–4.56%-0.6%YoY
Varies by school district
Municipal Portioni
0.8879%-0.7%YoY26.4% of total
Effective Ratei
2.17%–4.56%Median Home Valuei
$134,100Rate 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
$0.79 RIVER FOREST COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP $0.72 GARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.70 LAKE RIDGE SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.50 SCHOOL CITY OF HOBART SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.43 LAKE STATION SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.39 GRIFFITH PUBLIC SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.38 MUNSTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.33 CROWN POINT COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.33 HANOVER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.31 TRI CREEK SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.31 MERRILLVILLE SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.30 HAMMOND CITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.25 WHITING CITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.25 LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.24 HIGHLAND TOWN SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.24 NEW CHICAGO - GENERAL $0.21 SCHOOL CITY OF EAST CHICAGO SCHOOL CORP $0.13 GARY PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.10 EAST CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.10 WHITING PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.05 HAMMOND PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.02 LAKE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.02 LOWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.02 CROWN POINT COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.01 NEW CHICAGO - CUMULATIVE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT $0.01 NEW CHICAGO - PARK & RECREATION Estimated Tax by Home Valuei
Highlighted value is closest to median home value ($134K)
27 Overlapping Taxing Districtsi
RIVER FOREST COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPUnit K-12
79.3%2.6684%
GARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
72.3%2.4334%
LAKE RIDGE SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
69.7%2.3442%
SCHOOL CITY OF HOBART SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
50.3%1.6907%
LAKE STATION SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
42.8%1.4391%
GRIFFITH PUBLIC SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
39.3%1.3232%
MUNSTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
37.9%1.2751%
CROWN POINT COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
33.3%1.1187%
HANOVER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
32.6%1.0979%
TRI CREEK SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
31.4%1.0550%
MERRILLVILLE SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
30.8%1.0344%
HAMMOND CITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
30.2%1.0170%
WHITING CITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
25.4%0.8529%
LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
25%0.8422%
HIGHLAND TOWN SCHOOL CORPORATIONHigh School
24%0.8064%
NEW CHICAGO - GENERALi
23.7%0.7972%
SCHOOL CITY OF EAST CHICAGO SCHOOL CORPUnit K-12
20.7%0.6957%
County - Lakei
17.4%0.5845%
GARY PUBLIC LIBRARYi
12.5%0.4188%
EAST CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARYi
10.4%0.3497%
WHITING PUBLIC LIBRARYi
9.9%0.3335%
HAMMOND PUBLIC LIBRARYi
4.6%0.1554%
LAKE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARYi
2.4%0.0792%
LOWELL PUBLIC LIBRARYi
2%0.0662%
CROWN POINT COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARYi
1.9%0.0646%
NEW CHICAGO - CUMULATIVE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENTi
1.5%0.0500%
NEW CHICAGO - PARK & RECREATIONi
1.2%0.0407%