{"id":2387272,"date":"2025-01-07T08:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T13:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-several-illinois-cities-near-top-for-highest-real-estate-taxes-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T13:36:00","slug":"analysis-several-illinois-cities-near-top-for-highest-real-estate-taxes-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-several-illinois-cities-near-top-for-highest-real-estate-taxes-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis: Several Illinois cities near top for highest real estate taxes &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanalysis-several-illinois-cities-near-top-for-highest-real-estate-taxes-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387272&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh provided text appears to be a snippet \u200dof HTML code \u2063featuring\u2063 a button that allows users\u2063 to read\u200c more content\u200c when clicked. 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Though, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-biden-speaks-in-michigan-about-investing-in-america-agenda-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Biden speaks in Michigan about Investing in America agenda - Washington Examiner\">actual content intended<\/a> to be revealed after clicking the button is not\u200b present in this excerpt.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Analysis: Several Illinois cities near top for highest real estate taxes<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1929378\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; A new analysis shows that Illinois homeowners continue to deal with crippling property taxes. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The personal finance website SmartAsset&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/smartasset.com\/data-studies\/real-estate-taxes-second-annual-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analyzed<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;342 cities across the country with populations greater than 100,000. Specifically, cities are ranked by the median real estate taxes paid (by homeowners with a mortgage) as a proportion of the median annual housing payments.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers&nbsp;found that&nbsp;numerous Illinois cities appear in the top 20 with the highest real estate taxes in the nation, including the top two spots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Out of the top 20 places with the most expensive real estate taxes, Illinois had six cities in the ranking,&rdquo; said SmartAsset researcher Jaclyn DeJohn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peoria led the entire country with the highest effective property tax rate in 2023 at 2.6% of the median $168,900 home value, with a median tax bill of $4,455 a year. Rockford came in second at 2.4% and a median tax bill of $3,452.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the top 5 were Waterbury, Connecticut; Syracuse, New York; and Albany, New York.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other Illinois cities making the list included Elgin (7th), Aurora (8th), Joliet (13th) and Springfield (16th).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the analysis, southwestern cities dominated the list for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">low real estate taxes relative<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-reasons-making-taxpayers-pay-off-student-loans-is-a-rotten-idea\/\" title=\"5 Reasons Making Taxpayers Pay Off Student Loans Is A Rotten Idea\">home values<\/a>. While Honolulu has the lowest relative real estate taxes with $2,346 median annual payments making up 0.28% of the median $823,500 home values, Arizona and Nevada cities constitute the majority of the cheapest. They included Scottsdale, AZ (0.32%); San Tan Valley, AZ (0.35%); Mesa, AZ (0.35%).<\/p>\n<p>Chicago placed third in the top-10 cities with the highest aggregate residential real estate taxes collected at $3.2 billion. Only New York and Los Angeles were higher.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1929378\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1929378\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois cities rank high for property taxes, analysis shows<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2387273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Housing-Real-Estate-vv1x1c2.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6413,48039,37823,48038,32076],"class_list":["post-2387272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-illinois","tag-local-analysis","tag-property-taxes","tag-real-estate-taxes","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Housing-Real-Estate-vv1x1c2.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387272"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387276,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387272\/revisions\/2387276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}