Illinois · County property tax · ACS 2024
Edgar County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Edgar County pays $1,409 a year, an effective rate of 1.45%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,409
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.45%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -29%
- vs U.S. average
- #89 of 102
- rank in IL
The verdict
Homeowners in Edgar County pay a median $1,409 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.45%, more affordable than 13% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,409
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.45%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2737 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -29%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($97,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Illinois. Population: 16,535. Owner-occupied homes: 5,499.
The median annual property tax in Edgar County is $1,409, which is 73% lower than the Illinois state average and 29% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.45% on a median home value of $97,300. Property taxes represent 2.4% of the median household income in this county.
Edgar County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Edgar County's 1.45% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 13%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Edgar County pay a median annual property tax of $1,409, well below the national median and far below the Illinois state median. On a $97,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.45% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Illinois counties by effective rate
Edgar County ranks #89 of 102 counties in Illinois by effective rate (13% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Edgar County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $59,941 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Edgar 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Edgar County's effective rate fell 15.8% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 17.5%, leaving the median bill 1.1% lower at $1,409. That rate move is larger than the one in 68% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $1,424 in 2020 to $1,409 in 2024, a fall of 1%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 1,412 of 5,499 owner-occupied homes (25.7%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.4% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned here.
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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Edgar County fell from $1,424 to $1,409, a change of -1.1%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Edgar County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Edgar County homeowners, 1,412 of 5,499 owner-occupied homes (25.7%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 25.3% (1,389)
- $800 to $1,499 25.7% (1,412)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.1% (723)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.2% (836)
- $3,000 or more 16.3% (896)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
243 homes here (4.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Illinois handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Edgar County, mortgaged homeowners pay 16% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Edgar County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Edgar County's effective rate is higher than 13% of the 102 counties in Illinois - ranking #89 of 102.
Where Edgar County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.45% more affordable than 13% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Illinois on both measures
Edgar County's effective rate runs 28% under the Illinois median and its bill 73% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,409 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Illinois norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Edgar County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Edgar County | Illinois Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.4% | - | - |
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.
Edgar County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Edgar County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $97,300 median home carries a $1,409 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $141 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Illinois.
Edgar County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,409 -4.7% | 1.45% |
| 2023 | $1,478 -4.0% | 1.54% |
| 2022 | $1,539 +4.5% | 1.64% |
| 2021 | $1,473 +3.4% | 1.76% |
| 2020 | $1,424 | 1.72% |
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.
Edgar County: tax-to-income at 2.4%
Counties near Edgar County's effective rate
On effective rate, Edgar County sits nearest Cerro Gordo County (IA), Woodbury County (IA), Geary County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Wayne County (WV), Stanton County (KS), Chattahoochee County (GA).
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
Edgar County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 160 of 7,700 returns from Edgar County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,788 - 44% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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.
Other Counties in Illinois
Edgar County rate FAQs
- How does Edgar County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Edgar County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.45% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Edgar County, Illinois?
- The median annual property tax in Edgar County is $1,409, an effective rate of 1.45% on a $97,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Edgar County?
- Edgar County, Illinois scores D (49/100) 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+ (1.62×). 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 Edgar County?
- Property taxes in Edgar County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $59,941 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Edgar County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Edgar County held roughly steady, down 1.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,424 to $1,409, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
What to do with Edgar County's STEEP rate
Edgar County's $1,409 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 →
Edgar County ranks #89 of 102 Illinois counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Illinois overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Edgar County's STEEP 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: 1.45%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,409/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Edgar County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Edgar County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Dinwiddie County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Edgar County at $1,409/yr; rate 0.55% vs Edgar County 1.45%.
Jefferson County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Edgar County at $1,409/yr; rate 0.59% vs Edgar County 1.45%.
Gray County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,408/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.37% vs Edgar County 1.45%.
McCracken County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,410/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.75% vs Edgar County 1.45%.
Illinois county set
State ACS overview for every published Illinois county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Edgar County stamps STEEP · 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 Edgar County (STEEP · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.