Maple Park homeowners paid 2.9% of their property’s value in taxes during the fourth quarter of 2025, a rate exceeding the national average by more than 3.2 times, according to BlockShopper.com.
The median sales price for a home in Maple Park during that period was $260,000, based on seven properties sold. The city’s median tax bill for 2025 was $7,477, matching 2.9% of the median taxable home value.
The U.S. average effective property tax rate stood at 0.888% in 2024.
Kane County’s highest property tax rates were recorded in Maple Park and Sugar Grove.
This article calculates the effective 2025 property tax rate by using estimated inflation values and 2024 county tax data. Actual effective property tax rates may differ slightly in some cases.
National home prices kept climbing through 2025, with a June median price of about $447,000—a 1.13% increase from the prior year, Redfin estimates. Redfin also identified a considerable imbalance in supply and demand, with 36% more homes listed by sellers than buyers, or a gap of 508,715 homes. Redfin defines a balanced market as one in which the buyer and seller counts are within 10% of each other.
The chart below summarizes Maple Park’s effective property tax rate alongside select Kane County cities, calculated with sales and property tax information from the fourth quarter of 2025.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Park | 7 | $260,000 | $7,477 | 2.9% |
| Sugar Grove | 38 | $389,000 | $9,582 | 2.5% |
| Pingree Grove | 29 | $300,000 | $7,233 | 2.4% |
| Elburn | 29 | $397,000 | $9,549 | 2.4% |
| Gilberts | 20 | $361,500 | $8,278 | 2.3% |
| West Dundee | 16 | $412,500 | $9,325 | 2.3% |
| South Elgin | 42 | $386,250 | $8,307 | 2.2% |
| North Aurora | 60 | $353,500 | $7,811 | 2.2% |
| Batavia | 84 | $435,750 | $9,472 | 2.2% |
| Big Rock | 6 | $299,500 | $6,548 | 2.2% |
| Geneva | 90 | $500,000 | $10,588 | 2.1% |
| Elgin | 257 | $310,000 | $6,480 | 2.1% |
| Williamsburg Green | 2 | $737,500 | $15,446 | 2.1% |
| St. Charles | 81 | $418,000 | $8,732 | 2.1% |
| Montgomery | 20 | $285,000 | $5,528 | 1.9% |
| Hampshire | 20 | $445,450 | $8,245 | 1.9% |
| Algonquin | 22 | $481,500 | $9,026 | 1.9% |
| Carpentersville | 85 | $285,000 | $5,352 | 1.9% |
| East Dundee | 10 | $319,450 | $5,955 | 1.9% |
| Prestbury | 11 | $430,000 | $8,143 | 1.9% |
| Campton Hills | 32 | $639,000 | $11,699 | 1.8% |
| Sleepy Hollow | 11 | $515,000 | $9,252 | 1.8% |
| Exposition View | 2 | $171,000 | $3,016 | 1.8% |
| Aurora | 325 | $275,000 | $4,766 | 1.7% |
| Huntley | 42 | $402,500 | $6,469 | 1.6% |
| Novak Park | 2 | $573,000 | $9,325 | 1.6% |
| Scraper-Moecherville | 3 | $165,000 | $2,530 | 1.5% |