How would your property tax bill differ if you lived in another Will County town or school district?
Now that Will County property tax bills have been mailed out, let's see how property tax bills differ in Bolingbrook from its neighbors.
We'll focus on school districts Wednesday and move on to other taxing bodies throughout the week.
Below is a full list of every school district within Will County and its tax rates for the past two years. Here's a shorter list, based on those districts closest to Bolingbrook.
If you owned a home assessed to be $256,800, your property tax bill (the school district component) in various school districts would look like this:
School District Tax Rate 2011 Tax rate 2012 Increase Actual Tax Naperville School District 203 4.5399 4.9909 9.93% $3,972.76 Indian Prairie School District 204 5.2142 5.6978 9.27% $4,535.45 Plainfield School District 202 5.2705 5.8323 10.66% $4,642.51 Valley View School District 365 5.9062 6.7687 14.60% $5,387.89
As you can see in the chart, Valley View had the highest increase in property tax rate from 2011 to 2012 of nearby districts, and the highest actual tax.
Oswego School District 308 has the highest tax rate in Will County. Valley View was third, following Crete-Monee School District 201-U. Actual tax is based again on a home assessed to a value of $256,800.
District Name 2011 2012 2012 Actual Tax 1 School District 308-U Oswego 6.6317 7.3758 $5,871.14 2 School District 201-U Crete Monee 6.3487 7.2682 $5,785.49 3 School District 365-U Valley View 5.9062 6.7687 $5,387.89 4 School District 200-U Beecher 5.6194 6.1065 $4,860.77 5 School District 202 Plainfield 5.2705 5.8323 $4,642.51 6 School District 204-U Indian Prairie 5.2142 5.6978 $4,535.45 7 School District 5-U Manteno 4.8253 5.1948 $4,135.06 8 School District 203-U Naperville 4.5399 4.9909 $3,972.76 9 School District 89 Fairmont 4.039 4.7075 $3,747.17 10 School District 194 Steger 3.3544 4.262 $3,392.55 11 School District 209-U Wilmington 3.8369 4.2039 $3,346.30 12 High School 206 Bloom 2.86 4.1565 $3,308.57 13 School District 207-U Peotone 3.6624 4.0915 $3,256.83 14 School District 30-C Troy 3.431 4.0111 $3,192.84 15 School District 33-C Homer 3.4189 3.8239 $3,043.82 16 School District 114 Manhattan 3.56 3.77 $3,000.92 17 School District 86 Joliet 3.2405 3.7592 $2,992.32 18 School District 157-C Frankfort 3.6144 3.7572 $2,990.73 19 School District 91 Lockport 3.3676 3.7469 $2,982.53 20 School District 161 Summit Hill 3.3782 3.6596 $2,913.04 21 School District 122 New Lenox 3.3846 3.6505 $2,905.80 22 School District 255-U Reed-Custer 3.1697 3.3625 $2,676.55 23 School District 1-U Coal City 2.9493 3.3539 $2,669.70 24 School District 92 Reed-Ludwig-Walsh 2.8362 3.0548 $2,431.62 25 School District 88 Chaney-Monge 2.656 3.0543 $2,431.22 26 School District 90 Taft 2.4501 3.0432 $2,422.39 27 School District 201-C Minooka 2.9267 3.0227 $2,406.07 28 School District 81 Union 2.7185 2.9868 $2,377.49 29 School District 88-A Richland 2.708 2.9842 $2,375.42 30 School District 203 Elwood 2.5362 2.8321 $2,254.35 31 School District 17 Channahon 2.6807 2.8076 $2,234.85 32 School District 159 Mokena 2.4452 2.6694 $2,124.84 33 School District 70-C Laraway 2.5542 2.521 $2,006.71 34 High School 204 Joliet 2.228 2.4858 $1,978.70 35 High School 111 Minooka 2.3265 2.358 $1,876.97 36 High School 205 Lockport 1.9138 2.1179 $1,685.85 37 High School 210 Lincolnway 1.8306 1.919 $1,527.52 38 School District 84 Rockdale 1.2252 1.3906 $1,106.92
What did you think of your 2013 property tax bill? Tell us in the comments.
