In 5 Years, Illinois Homeowners See Property Taxes Rise $756

With second-installment property tax bills due in coming months across Illinois, new data demonstrates those tax bills are spiking to new extremes.

The typical Illinois homeowner paid about $5,055 in property taxes during 2022, an analysis by the Illinois Policy Institute of new data shows. That’s more than homeowners in any other Midwestern state and more than double the national average.

These rising property taxes cost the typical homeowner $756 more in 2022 than five years earlier.

If the property tax bills from Alabama, West Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana and South Carolina were combined,...