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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

Source

Composite Ratei

6.4283%-2.6%YoY

Municipal Portioni

0.0602%-12.8%YoY0.9% of total

Effective Ratei

2.14%

Est. Annual Taxi

$5K$391/mo

Median Home Valuei

$219,000

Total Leviedi

$19.3M

Tax Per Capitai

$16

Municipal Revenuei

$30K4.7% of total rev

Rate Trend — click a year to explorei

20232024
Municipal
Other Districts

Where Your Tax Dollar Goesi

$0.74 U 2K
$0.13 Essex Twp (Stark)
$0.06 Essex Fpd
$0.06 Essex Twp (Kankakee)
$0.01 Essex

Estimated Tax by Home Valuei

$100K

$2,143

$179/mo

$150K

$3,214

$268/mo

$200K

$4,285

$357/mo

$250K

$5,356

$446/mo

$300K

$6,428

$536/mo

$350K

$7,499

$625/mo

$400K

$8,570

$714/mo

Highlighted value is closest to median home value ($219K)

5 Overlapping Taxing Districtsi

U 2KUnit K-12i
73.8%4.7471%
$18.6M levied
Essex Twp (Stark)i
13.1%0.8395%
$210K levied
Essex Fpdi
6.1%0.3913%
$222K levied
Essex Twp (Kankakee)i
6.1%0.3902%
$199K levied
Essexi
0.9%0.0602%
$15K levied