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 Millbrook, Plano and Aurora saw the highest effective tax rates in Kendall County in 2016.
For cities in multiple counties, such as Aurora, data includes the portion of each city within Kendall County.
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2016 Kendall County effective property tax rate
| City | Median property tax bill 2016 | Median sale price 2016 | Effective property tax rate |
| Millbrook | $5,980 | $92,000 | 6.50% |
| Plano | $4,583 | $130,000 | 3.53% |
| Aurora | $7,898 | $230,250 | 3.43% |
| Plainfield | $11,427 | $344,500 | 3.32% |
| Sandwich | $5,777 | $180,500 | 3.20% |
| Oswego | $6,858 | $219,000 | 3.13% |
| Yorkville | $6,732 | $215,000 | 3.13% |
| Montgomery | $6,498 | $210,000 | 3.09% |
| Minooka | $5,704 | $200,000 | 2.85% |
| Bristol | $5,249 | $186,000 | 2.82% |
| Joliet | $5,687 | $208,000 | 2.73% |
| Boulder Hill | $3,975 | $147,750 | 2.69% |
| Newark | $5,292 | $201,000 | 2.63% |
| Lisbon | $3,418 | $133,500 | 2.56% |
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