What percentage of your home's value do you pay in property taxes each year? That's your "Effective Property Tax Rate," and, in Illinois, yours is likely among the highest in the U.S.
The average homeowner in Illinois pays 2.3 percent of their home value in property taxes; that's 260 percent higher than homeowners in Indiana (0.87 percent) and 383 percent higher than in Colorado (0.60 percent).
How does your community compare? Blockshopper.com tracks residential property tax bills across communities in Illinois.
Homeowners in Bowes, Wayne and Pingree Grove saw the highest effective tax rates in Kane County in 2016.
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2016 Kane County effective property tax rate
| City | Median property tax 2016 | Median sale price 2016 | Effective property tax rate |
| Bowes | $9,483 | $225,000 | 4.21% |
| Wayne | $17,052 | $497,500 | 3.43% |
| Pingree Grove | $6,221 | $182,500 | 3.41% |
| Tanner Woods | $10,158 | $303,000 | 3.35% |
| Rainbow Hills | $7,585 | $239,500 | 3.17% |
| Sugar Grove | $7,572 | $240,000 | 3.16% |
| Algonquin | $6,920 | $225,000 | 3.08% |
| Burlington | $4,921 | $160,000 | 3.08% |
| Hampshire | $6,342 | $207,000 | 3.06% |
| North Aurora | $6,510 | $217,750 | 2.99% |
| Elburn | $7,219 | $241,750 | 2.99% |
| Lily Lake | $9,252 | $310,500 | 2.98% |
| Sleepy Hollow | $7,927 | $267,000 | 2.97% |
| Williamsburg Green | $11,949 | $405,000 | 2.95% |
| Prestbury | $7,327 | $249,450 | 2.94% |
| Elgin | $4,662 | $164,900 | 2.83% |
| Batavia | $7,121 | $255,000 | 2.79% |
| Geneva | $8,530 | $310,500 | 2.75% |
| Gilberts | $6,603 | $240,500 | 2.75% |
| Marywood | $5,095 | $187,200 | 2.72% |
| East Dundee | $4,320 | $159,000 | 2.72% |
| Novak Park | $6,837 | $252,600 | 2.71% |
| Montgomery | $4,381 | $162,000 | 2.70% |
| Maple Park | $5,337 | $197,500 | 2.70% |
| Carpentersville | $3,770 | $140,000 | 2.69% |
| West Dundee | $7,092 | $265,000 | 2.68% |
| St. Charles | $7,075 | $265,000 | 2.67% |
| South Elgin | $5,912 | $223,000 | 2.65% |
| Campton Hills | $10,139 | $385,000 | 2.63% |
| Kaneville | $4,796 | $194,050 | 2.47% |
| Aurora | $3,263 | $135,200 | 2.41% |
| Big Rock | $5,435 | $227,000 | 2.39% |
| Scraper-Moecherville | $1,448 | $63,500 | 2.28% |
| Wildrose | $9,128 | $412,500 | 2.21% |
| Almora Heights | $4,999 | $228,900 | 2.18% |
| Huntley | $4,503 | $212,000 | 2.12% |
| Fox River Estates | $4,215 | $200,700 | 2.10% |
| Exposition View | $1,716 | $84,900 | 2.02% |
| Five Island Park | $3,614 | $208,500 | 1.73% |
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