Illinois · County property tax · ACS 2024
Alexander County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Alexander County pays $1,084 a year, an effective rate of 1.81%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,084
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.81%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- -46%
- vs U.S. average
- #51 of 102
- rank in IL
The verdict
Homeowners in Alexander County pay a median $1,084 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.81%, more affordable than 4% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,084
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.81%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2998 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -46%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($59,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Illinois. Population: 4,875. Owner-occupied homes: 1,477.
The median annual property tax in Alexander County is $1,084, which is 80% lower than the Illinois state average and 46% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.81% on a median home value of $59,800. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Alexander County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Alexander County's 1.81% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 96% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Alexander County pay a median annual property tax of $1,084, well below the national median and far below the Illinois state median. On a $59,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.81% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Alexander County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $47,043 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 12.2%, from $966 to $1,084. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Illinois counties by effective rate
Alexander County ranks #51 of 102 counties in Illinois by effective rate (50% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Alexander County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 50% from $723 to $1,084. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 483 of 1,477 owner-occupied homes (32.7%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 2.3% of median household income. Neither figure is remarkable on its own; the combination is, and the ratio above is the only part of it a household actually feels.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
22.0% of Alexander County homes owned free and clear (223 of 1,014) report no property tax at all, against 3.7% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Alexander County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Alexander County homeowners, 483 of 1,477 owner-occupied homes (32.7%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 32.7% (483)
- $800 to $1,499 20.7% (306)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.2% (151)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.8% (160)
- $3,000 or more 9.3% (137)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
240 homes here (16.2%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Illinois handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Alexander County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+116%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Alexander County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Alexander County's effective rate is higher than 50% of the 102 counties in Illinois - ranking #51 of 102.
Where Alexander County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.81% more affordable than 4% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the highest-taxed counties in the country
At 1.81%, Alexander County sits in the top 4% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. That is the rate, not the bill: a high rate on a modest home can still produce a smaller cheque than a low rate on an expensive one, which is why the $1,084 median bill is the number to compare against another county.
Alexander County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Alexander County | Illinois Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Alexander County's PEAK · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Alexander County's published figures (PEAK · LIGHT), a $59,800 median home carries a $1,084 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $108 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Illinois.
Alexander County rate trail · PEAK
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,084 +12.2% | 1.81% |
| 2023 | $966 -1.5% | 1.65% |
| 2022 | $981 +30.3% | 1.67% |
| 2021 | $753 +4.1% | 1.24% |
| 2020 | $723 | 1.29% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Alexander County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Alexander County's effective rate
On effective rate, Alexander County sits nearest Somerset County (NJ), Todd County (SD), Hansford County (TX).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Gooding County (ID), Little River County (AR), Dixie County (FL).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Alexander County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 20 of 2,050 returns from Alexander County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,700 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $25-50k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Alexander County rate FAQs
- How does Alexander County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Alexander County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.81% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Alexander County, Illinois?
- The median annual property tax in Alexander County is $1,084, an effective rate of 1.81% on a $59,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Alexander County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Alexander County is recorded at $1,084 in the 2024 5-year release against $723 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 1,477 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What is the tax affordability score for Alexander County?
- Alexander County, Illinois scores D (41/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is housing pressure at A+ (1.27×). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Alexander County?
- Property taxes in Alexander County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $47,043 median household income.
What to do with Alexander County's PEAK rate
Alexander County's $1,084 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Alexander County ranks #51 of 102 Illinois counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Illinois overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Alexander County's PEAK effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.81%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,084/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Alexander County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Alexander County (PEAK · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PEAK LIGHT
Griggs County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Alexander County at $1,084/yr; rate 0.91% vs Alexander County 1.81%.
Towns County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Alexander County at $1,084/yr; rate 0.34% vs Alexander County 1.81%.
Caddo Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,085/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Alexander County 1.81%.
Schuyler County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,083/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.79% vs Alexander County 1.81%.
Illinois county set
State ACS overview for every published Illinois county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Alexander County stamps PEAK · LIGHT - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Alexander County (PEAK · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.