Residential property tax bills in the Chicago area are higher than almost anywhere else in the country, according to a new report from Attom Data Solutions.
The $8,990 tax bill for an average Lake County home was higher than almost 99 percent of the counties covered in the report, according to a report in Crain’s. DuPage County was higher than almost 98 percent of the counties surveyed, with an average bill of $7,801.
The report, which covered 1,414 counties with at least 10,000 single-family homes, found the average property tax bill on a single-family home nationwide was $3,399. The average bills elsewhere in the Chicago area: Kane County: $6,517, higher than 96 percent of the counties; McHenry County: $6,383, higher than 96 percent of the counties; Cook County: $5,964, higher than 94 percent of the counties; and Will County: $5,554, higher than 93 percent of the counties.
Lake County had a higher average tax bill than all but 17 counties, all of which were in the New York or San Francisco/San Jose areas, according to Crain’s. [Crain’s] — John O’Brien