A. P. Brill

Business owners in La Grange paid a median commercial property tax rate of 3.9% of property value in fiscal year 2025, which is above the Cook County median rate.

In fiscal year 2025, Berwyn ranked 41st out of Cook County’s 92 cities for median commercial property tax rates.

For fiscal year 2025, Lyons ranked 73rd in Cook County for median commercial property tax rates.

In fiscal year 2025, Melrose Park business owners paid a median commercial property tax rate of 2.8% of assessed value, below the Cook County median.

In fiscal year 2025, business owners in Western Springs paid a median commercial property tax rate of 5.2% of property value, exceeding the Cook County average.

In fiscal year 2025, Cicero business owners paid a median commercial property tax rate of 2.5% — lower than the Cook County median of 2.9%.

Business owners in Elmwood Park faced a median commercial property tax rate of 5.6% of property value in fiscal year 2025, exceeding the Cook County median.

Westchester businesses faced the 25th-highest median commercial property tax in Cook County during fiscal 2025.

In the fourth quarter of 2025, North Riverside homeowners paid property taxes equal to 2.1% of their home values, exceeding the national average by more than twice, BlockShopper.com reports.

Homeowners in Hillside paid property taxes equal to 2.6% of their home values during the fourth quarter of 2025—almost 3 times the national effective average, BlockShopper.com reports.

Countryside’s effective property tax rate went from 2.1% in 2016 to 3% in 2025, a 0.9-point increase over 10 years, BlockShopper.com reports.

Homeowners in Brookfield paid property taxes equal to 2.4% of their homes’ values in the fourth quarter of 2025, a rate more than 2.7 times the national average, BlockShopper.com reports.

Homeowners in River Forest spent 2.2% of their property’s value on taxes during the fourth quarter of 2025, a rate over 2.5 times greater than the national average, BlockShopper.com reports.

Brookfield’s effective property tax rate rose from 2.3% in 2016 to 2.4% in 2025, marking a 0.1 percentage point rise over the past decade, BlockShopper.com reports.

In May, the median sale price of a home in Cook County rose by $25,000 from the same period in the previous year, while total sales decreased by 4.1%.