Real Estate Values and Property Tax Valuation in Chicago, Illinois

The city of Chicago has a total of 561,836 properties with a cumulative value of $138.9B, making up 42.54% of all real estate value in Cook County. Property taxes in Chicago are collected across these 561,836 properties, amounting to a total of $2.8B. The average Chicago homeowner pays $5,004 in property taxes compared to a county average of $5,866, with an average property tax rate of 1.99% compared to the county average of 2.38%. Property taxes are based on the assessed value of the property, which is determined by the local assessor's office.

In Illinois, property taxes are based on the value of the property as of January 1st. Property owners have the option to appeal their property taxes between June and December, or within 30 days of when the notices are published. Property tax bills are issued on February 1st and July 1st, with the first installment due on June 1st in Cook County. This first installment is estimated at 55% of the prior year's tax bill, with taxes paid in arrears.

Important Dates
Property Valuation Date:January 1st
Property Tax Appeal Deadline:June - December or 30 days after notices are published
Property Tax Bills Issued:February 1st and July 1st
Real Property Tax Bill Due (1st of #):June, Two installments but due dates may vary by county March 1st, Cook County - 1st half installment, estimated at 55% of prior year tax bill with taxes paid in arrears.
Real Property Tax Bill Due (2nd of #):September, Two installments but due dates may vary by county August 1, Cook County - 2nd half installment - TARGETED but may be delayed - due 30 days after being issued. Reconciled installment using the BOR certified AV, actual local tax rate, and final state equalization factor, less the estimated 1st installment with taxes paid in arrears
Available Exemptions
SeniorAvailable
DisabledAvailable
HomesteadAvailable
VeteranAvailable
Solar/WindAvailable
CharitableAvailable

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Real Estate Statistics in Chicago, Illinois

Total Real Estate Value
$138.9B
Total Real Property Taxes
$2.8B
Average Property Tax Rate
1.99%
# of Real Properties
561,836

Residential Property Tax by ZIP code in Chicago, Illinois

Chicago property taxes are collected by the City of Chicago and Cook County. In 2023, the total property taxes collected in Chicago are estimated to be $5,004. The average property tax rate in Chicago is 1.99%, which is lower than the average Cook County property tax rate of 2.38%.

Property tax rates vary across Chicago ZIP codes, with the highest effective property tax rate in 60633 at 2.27% and the lowest effective property tax rate in 60636 at 1.48%. This variation is due to differences in home values by ZIP code. For example, the median home value in 60633 is $264,000, while the median home value in 60636 is $179,000. This difference in home values leads to a difference in property tax rates.

Tax Assessment Value

The following table shows the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentile of property assessment value in each ZIP code in Chicago, Illinois. The tax assessment value may differ from the potential sale value, and is used to calculate the property tax for each piece of real estate.

ZIP Code10th Percentile25th PercentileMedian75th Percentile90th Percentile
60601$44,840$204,970$329,160$488,555$758,806
60602$53,410$60,570$112,190$422,770$931,114
60603$37,010$52,710$195,480$595,400$973,380
60604$177,962$227,948$353,420$631,100$845,680
60605$29,650$37,420$225,780$347,940$530,465
60606$27,730$71,900$238,770$346,640$497,610
60607$28,940$112,385$266,710$383,180$564,910
60608$24,080$148,500$204,860$269,115$376,382
60609$53,218$68,420$126,120$223,640$348,494
60610$27,640$138,960$233,450$407,710$688,728
60611$47,560$159,860$275,700$516,280$957,050
60612$81,965$128,710$189,355$325,058$507,286
60613$60,102$123,410$187,650$328,040$597,518
60614$58,335$196,330$365,650$651,662$1,159,160
60615$52,470$79,030$140,900$266,300$488,236
60616$22,960$59,140$203,975$298,190$405,010
60617$71,380$83,770$101,380$120,440$141,852
60618$128,130$216,550$317,360$464,740$743,004
60619$85,842$105,610$119,945$134,982$156,112
60620$74,148$85,805$103,800$120,470$147,720
60621$47,002$53,280$62,285$83,145$112,220
60622$167,381$278,255$398,585$554,870$763,463
60623$85,430$96,630$111,700$131,165$152,570
60624$64,050$86,910$104,940$133,350$159,864
60625$85,910$146,240$244,680$376,305$557,910
60626$50,730$78,250$120,210$185,850$295,430
60628$53,004$69,625$88,560$106,370$119,000
60629$95,580$113,330$137,460$160,475$178,072
60630$123,768$217,515$256,900$294,060$344,702
60631$121,320$244,745$299,090$358,605$431,518
60632$105,656$124,250$151,590$173,835$195,712
60633$53,030$90,582$106,645$118,800$129,385
60634$151,380$194,518$222,635$251,470$284,576
60636$50,818$56,610$63,220$71,175$79,470
60637$62,270$91,890$140,400$205,530$414,980
60638$96,403$165,112$188,240$208,688$240,125
60639$146,570$168,130$189,850$210,940$237,020
60640$37,821$111,838$189,780$288,998$464,800
60641$106,160$203,690$238,630$293,245$400,140
60642$56,130$244,850$351,400$471,530$603,570
60643$66,164$80,160$115,270$246,535$329,066
60644$62,516$93,850$118,770$153,390$185,028
60645$59,350$86,010$173,695$279,998$349,885
60646$226,100$275,440$346,340$434,790$534,712
60647$117,850$228,210$319,280$463,740$660,260
60649$24,850$46,940$106,490$144,600$192,363
60651$109,907$123,150$141,145$168,352$197,820
60652$117,558$129,765$142,910$163,775$187,156
60653$77,090$125,240$188,170$265,645$373,100
60654$29,430$43,480$261,360$392,710$557,460
60655$156,694$189,462$212,320$241,278$289,476
60656$76,130$113,670$244,000$289,182$336,733
60657$108,770$188,060$303,190$475,168$742,445
60659$60,210$96,390$222,100$297,335$356,820
60660$52,360$92,445$161,420$233,348$388,640
60661$28,850$138,895$246,470$345,930$424,770
60707$100,490$162,780$212,110$246,720$285,486
60827$49,885$51,490$54,390$60,310$69,485

Property Tax Bill

This table shows the percentiles of actual property tax paid on residential properties for each ZIP code in Chicago, Illinois.

ZIP Code10th Percentile25th PercentileMedian75th Percentile90th Percentile
60601$963$4,361$7,002$10,537$16,428
60602$1,124$1,335$2,523$9,168$19,661
60603$824$1,174$4,385$13,154$21,374
60604$3,997$5,061$7,873$13,308$18,659
60605$660$834$4,734$7,286$11,376
60606$294$1,372$4,993$7,355$10,800
60607$618$2,437$5,574$8,146$12,267
60608$538$2,519$3,950$5,446$7,901
60609$537$1,158$2,317$4,387$7,285
60610$601$2,847$4,852$8,623$14,843
60611$1,003$3,264$5,901$11,137$21,046
60612$1,468$2,570$3,882$6,752$10,821
60613$857$2,354$3,796$6,854$12,666
60614$1,377$4,048$7,782$14,022$25,336
60615$686$1,466$2,756$5,360$10,251
60616$461$964$4,066$6,074$8,497
60617$692$1,115$1,656$2,185$2,740
60618$2,175$4,006$6,348$9,722$15,957
60619$946$1,564$2,119$2,662$3,118
60620$597$1,073$1,725$2,309$2,799
60621$458$850$1,243$1,654$2,248
60622$3,290$5,740$8,489$11,988$16,519
60623$1,003$1,466$1,943$2,444$2,955
60624$847$1,362$1,927$2,528$3,193
60625$1,409$2,702$4,768$7,537$11,693
60626$709$1,372$2,250$3,628$5,922
60628$484$957$1,429$1,942$2,369
60629$1,283$1,800$2,399$2,967$3,478
60630$1,900$3,549$4,877$5,868$6,999
60631$1,938$4,119$5,785$7,189$8,864
60632$1,330$1,946$2,629$3,249$3,868
60633$1,034$1,507$1,992$2,787$4,444
60634$2,026$3,221$4,123$4,893$5,710
60636$336$658$1,155$1,432$1,656
60637$1,031$1,633$2,735$4,135$8,479
60638$1,267$2,381$3,455$4,120$4,857
60639$2,023$2,870$3,532$4,122$4,719
60640$598$2,054$3,756$5,934$9,640
60641$1,725$3,371$4,573$5,821$8,164
60642$1,311$5,059$7,392$10,035$13,094
60643$687$1,261$2,110$4,754$6,699
60644$666$1,320$2,099$2,860$3,599
60645$809$1,488$3,078$5,431$7,106
60646$3,785$5,173$6,860$8,885$11,172
60647$2,042$4,434$6,584$9,834$14,190
60649$383$814$1,831$2,810$3,869
60651$1,126$1,834$2,491$3,186$3,925
60652$1,260$2,124$2,566$3,094$3,618
60653$1,356$2,359$3,676$5,408$7,656
60654$624$969$5,557$8,393$11,959
60655$2,212$3,336$4,025$4,767$5,827
60656$1,144$2,005$4,434$5,609$6,645
60657$2,110$3,762$6,253$10,161$16,111
60659$980$1,766$3,987$5,773$7,221
60660$761$1,620$3,018$4,705$7,959
60661$633$2,778$5,163$7,252$9,125
60707$1,510$2,842$3,926$4,813$5,761
60827$446$656$1,151$1,279$1,467

Effective Property Tax Rate

The effective property tax rate is calculated by dividing the property tax bill by the assessed value. For the percentiles below, the calculation is performed using the percentiles for property tax bill and assessed value above. Therefore, each consecutive percentile doesn't necessarily show a larger value.

ZIP Code10th Percentile25th PercentileMedian75th Percentile90th Percentile
60601 2.15% 2.13% 2.13% 2.16% 2.16%
60602 2.10% 2.20% 2.25% 2.17% 2.11%
60603 2.23% 2.23% 2.24% 2.21% 2.20%
60604 2.25% 2.22% 2.23% 2.11% 2.21%
60605 2.23% 2.23% 2.10% 2.09% 2.14%
60606 1.06% 1.91% 2.09% 2.12% 2.17%
60607 2.14% 2.17% 2.09% 2.13% 2.17%
60608 2.23% 1.70% 1.93% 2.02% 2.10%
60609 1.01% 1.69% 1.84% 1.96% 2.09%
60610 2.17% 2.05% 2.08% 2.11% 2.16%
60611 2.11% 2.04% 2.14% 2.16% 2.20%
60612 1.79% 2.00% 2.05% 2.08% 2.13%
60613 1.43% 1.91% 2.02% 2.09% 2.12%
60614 2.36% 2.06% 2.13% 2.15% 2.19%
60615 1.31% 1.85% 1.96% 2.01% 2.10%
60616 2.01% 1.63% 1.99% 2.04% 2.10%
60617 0.97% 1.33% 1.63% 1.81% 1.93%
60618 1.70% 1.85% 2.00% 2.09% 2.15%
60619 1.10% 1.48% 1.77% 1.97% 2.00%
60620 0.81% 1.25% 1.66% 1.92% 1.89%
60621 0.97% 1.60% 2.00% 1.99% 2.00%
60622 1.97% 2.06% 2.13% 2.16% 2.16%
60623 1.17% 1.52% 1.74% 1.86% 1.94%
60624 1.32% 1.57% 1.84% 1.90% 2.00%
60625 1.64% 1.85% 1.95% 2.00% 2.10%
60626 1.40% 1.75% 1.87% 1.95% 2.00%
60628 0.91% 1.37% 1.61% 1.83% 1.99%
60629 1.34% 1.59% 1.75% 1.85% 1.95%
60630 1.54% 1.63% 1.90% 2.00% 2.03%
60631 1.60% 1.68% 1.93% 2.00% 2.05%
60632 1.26% 1.57% 1.73% 1.87% 1.98%
60633 1.95% 1.66% 1.87% 2.35% 3.43%
60634 1.34% 1.66% 1.85% 1.95% 2.01%
60636 0.66% 1.16% 1.83% 2.01% 2.08%
60637 1.66% 1.78% 1.95% 2.01% 2.04%
60638 1.31% 1.44% 1.84% 1.97% 2.02%
60639 1.38% 1.71% 1.86% 1.95% 1.99%
60640 1.58% 1.84% 1.98% 2.05% 2.07%
60641 1.62% 1.65% 1.92% 1.99% 2.04%
60642 2.34% 2.07% 2.10% 2.13% 2.17%
60643 1.04% 1.57% 1.83% 1.93% 2.04%
60644 1.07% 1.41% 1.77% 1.86% 1.95%
60645 1.36% 1.73% 1.77% 1.94% 2.03%
60646 1.67% 1.88% 1.98% 2.04% 2.09%
60647 1.73% 1.94% 2.06% 2.12% 2.15%
60649 1.54% 1.73% 1.72% 1.94% 2.01%
60651 1.02% 1.49% 1.76% 1.89% 1.98%
60652 1.07% 1.64% 1.80% 1.89% 1.93%
60653 1.76% 1.88% 1.95% 2.04% 2.05%
60654 2.12% 2.23% 2.13% 2.14% 2.15%
60655 1.41% 1.76% 1.90% 1.98% 2.01%
60656 1.50% 1.76% 1.82% 1.94% 1.97%
60657 1.94% 2.00% 2.06% 2.14% 2.17%
60659 1.63% 1.83% 1.80% 1.94% 2.02%
60660 1.45% 1.75% 1.87% 2.02% 2.05%
60661 2.19% 2.00% 2.09% 2.10% 2.15%
60707 1.50% 1.75% 1.85% 1.95% 2.02%
60827 0.89% 1.27% 2.12% 2.12% 2.11%

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Real Estate Values in Chicago, Illinois

Median Sale Price
$340.0K
Total Inventory
8009
% Change in Median Sale Price
4.62%
12-month Change

Average Home Value in Chicago, Illinois

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Average home value over time in Chicago, Illinois

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Housing Expenses in Chicago, Illinois

Housing expenses are a major part of the average household budget in the state. In fact, housing expenses account for nearly one-third of total expenses for the average household. As inflation continues, housing expenses continue to rise, eating up an ever-increasing portion of the household budget. Property taxes are the second largest component of housing expenses for the average property owner in the state, making up a significant portion of the total housing expenses. As housing expenses continue to rise, it is important for households to budget carefully and plan for the future to ensure they can afford their housing expenses.

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