Downsized from my 3,400sf home in Homer Glen (Will County) last May. My last property tax bill there was just over $9k.
Out of idle curiosity I looked it up when I was paying my bill for my 2,400sf townhome back in Crook County.
I honestly feel bad for the new owners of my old home. Homer Township Assessor jerked the bill up to just over $11.5k.
Honest to God, I don't think I could've stopped myself from driving a tank over the Assessor's office with the Assessor in it if I'd have gotten that bill.
Here in Crook County, my property tax bill is just over $4,200 for my townhome. I tried like hell to find someplace cheaper that I liked and this was the best deal I could find for something reasonably sized and met my requirements.
Next step is out of Illinois at this point. Just finished the remodeling of this place (all the updates) and am going to list it soon. I'm interviewing in South Carolina and Tennessee (preference: Tennessee.)
I won't make the money I make here, I won't need it though with the lower taxes and lower cost of living elsewhere!
“I won’t make the money I make here, I won’t need it though with the lower taxes and lower cost of living elsewhere!”
We have some friends who moved from Wheaton to the DFW area at the end of last year. Same jobs, same company, same salaries. They told us it was like getting a $35k raise between them.
They bought a five bedroom house on about an acre. Set them back right around $200k. They had enough left over from the Wheaton sale to put a huge pool in the yard.
No income tax, property taxes half of Illinois, a huge financial bump just crossing the State line. We plan to follow them as soon as humanly possible.
L