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Property Tax — Tax Year 2026 (payable 2027)i
City/town government levies only. Does not include county, school, library, or township levies. Your total property tax rate will be higher.
Composite Ratei
2.38%–2.93%+6.6%YoY
Varies by school district
Municipal Portioni
0.8904%-0.5%YoY33.5% of total
Effective Ratei
2.38%–2.93%Median Home Valuei
$195,100Rate 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
$0.44 SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP $0.39 NEW PRAIRIE UNITED SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.38 NEW DURHAM TOWNSHIP SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.36 LAPORTE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.33 JOHN GLENN SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.31 TRI-TOWNSHIP SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.31 MICHIGAN CITY AREA SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.07 LACROSSE PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.07 MICHIGAN CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.06 WANATAH - MOTOR VEHICLE HIGHWAY $0.06 LAPORTE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.02 WANATAH - CUMULATIVE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT $0.02 WANATAH PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.02 WESTVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.01 WANATAH - PARK & RECREATION Estimated Tax by Home Valuei
Highlighted value is closest to median home value ($195K)
17 Overlapping Taxing Districtsi
SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPUnit K-12
44.1%1.1716%
NEW PRAIRIE UNITED SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
39.2%1.0409%
NEW DURHAM TOWNSHIP SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
37.5%0.9978%
LAPORTE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
36.1%0.9596%
JOHN GLENN SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
33%0.8781%
TRI-TOWNSHIP SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
31.1%0.8258%
MICHIGAN CITY AREA SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
31%0.8241%
County - LaPortei
25.2%0.6701%
WANATAH - GENERALi
24.3%0.6450%
LACROSSE PUBLIC LIBRARYi
7.5%0.1984%
MICHIGAN CITY PUBLIC LIBRARYi
6.7%0.1790%
WANATAH - MOTOR VEHICLE HIGHWAYi
6.4%0.1692%
LAPORTE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARYi
6.1%0.1626%
WANATAH - CUMULATIVE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENTi
1.9%0.0500%
WANATAH PUBLIC LIBRARYi
1.8%0.0484%
WESTVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARYi
1.7%0.0460%
WANATAH - PARK & RECREATIONi
1%0.0262%