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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
4.11%–4.79%-2.4%YoY
Varies by school district
Municipal Portioni
2.6802%-2.6%YoY60.2% of total
Effective Ratei
4.11%–4.79%Median Home Valuei
$140,400Rate 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
$0.48 SOUTH BEND - GENERAL $0.28 MISHAWAKA CITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.27 SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.19 PENN-HARRIS-MADISON-SCHOOL CORPORATION $0.13 County - St. Joseph $0.11 SOUTH BEND - PARK & RECREATION $0.06 NEW CARLISLE PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.06 ST. JOSEPH COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.03 WALKERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.03 MISHAWAKA PUBLIC LIBRARY $0.01 SOUTH BEND - CUMULATIVE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT $0.01 SOUTH BEND - PARK BOND Estimated Tax by Home Valuei
Highlighted value is closest to median home value ($140K)
12 Overlapping Taxing Districtsi
SOUTH BEND - GENERALi
47.8%2.1267%
MISHAWAKA CITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
28.4%1.2631%
SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
26.5%1.1774%
PENN-HARRIS-MADISON-SCHOOL CORPORATIONUnit K-12
19.2%0.8541%
County - St. Josephi
13%0.5781%
SOUTH BEND - PARK & RECREATIONi
11.2%0.4991%
NEW CARLISLE PUBLIC LIBRARYi
6%0.2661%
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARYi
5.6%0.2487%
WALKERTON PUBLIC LIBRARYi
3%0.1341%
MISHAWAKA PUBLIC LIBRARYi
2.9%0.1283%
SOUTH BEND - CUMULATIVE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENTi
0.6%0.0282%
SOUTH BEND - PARK BONDi
0.6%0.0262%