Illinois · County property tax · ACS 2024
Lawrence County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Lawrence County pays $1,174 a year, an effective rate of 1.18%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,174
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.18%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -41%
- vs U.S. average
- #99 of 102
- rank in IL
The verdict
Homeowners in Lawrence County pay a median $1,174 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.18%, more affordable than 24% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,174
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.18%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2381 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -41%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($99,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Illinois. Population: 15,031. Owner-occupied homes: 3,931.
The median annual property tax in Lawrence County is $1,174, which is 78% lower than the Illinois state average and 41% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.18% on a median home value of $99,100. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
Lawrence County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Lawrence County's 1.18% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 24%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Lawrence County pay a median annual property tax of $1,174, well below the national median and far below the Illinois state median. On a $99,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.18% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Illinois counties by effective rate
Lawrence County ranks #99 of 102 counties in Illinois by effective rate (3% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Lawrence County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $55,324 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, up 1.6%, from $1,156 to $1,174. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Lawrence 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 32% from $888 to $1,174. 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: 1,413 of 3,931 owner-occupied homes (35.9%) 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 2.1% 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.
What Lawrence County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Lawrence County homeowners, 1,413 of 3,931 owner-occupied homes (35.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 35.9% (1,413)
- $800 to $1,499 20.3% (798)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.9% (508)
- $2,000 to $2,999 13.6% (533)
- $3,000 or more 10.6% (417)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
262 homes here (6.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Illinois handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Lawrence County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+79%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Lawrence County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Lawrence County's effective rate is higher than 3% of the 102 counties in Illinois - ranking #99 of 102.
Where Lawrence County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.18% more affordable than 24% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Lawrence County moved from $888 in the 2020 release to $1,174 in 2024, a change of about 32%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Lawrence County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Lawrence 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 | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
Lawrence County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Illinois counties.
Lawrence County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,174 +1.6% | 1.18% |
| 2023 | $1,156 +2.7% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | $1,126 +14.2% | 1.20% |
| 2021 | $986 +11.0% | 1.21% |
| 2020 | $888 | 1.10% |
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.
Lawrence County: tax-to-income at 2.1%
Counties near Lawrence County's effective rate
On effective rate, Lawrence County sits nearest Hancock County (IA), Van Buren County (IA), Muskegon County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are San Benito County (CA), Roberts County (TX), Mills County (IA).
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
Lawrence County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 70 of 5,940 returns from Lawrence County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,543 - 57% 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.
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Lawrence County rate FAQs
- How does Lawrence County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Lawrence County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.18% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Lawrence County, Illinois?
- The median annual property tax in Lawrence County is $1,174, an effective rate of 1.18% on a $99,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Lawrence County?
- Lawrence 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+ (1.79×). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Lawrence County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Lawrence County is recorded at $1,174 in the 2024 5-year release against $888 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 3,931 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Lawrence County?
- Property taxes in Lawrence County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $55,324 median household income.
What to do with Lawrence County's PAR rate
Lawrence County's $1,174 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 →
Lawrence County ranks #99 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 Lawrence County's PAR 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: 1.18%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,174/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Lawrence County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Lawrence County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Morgan County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Lawrence County at $1,174/yr; rate 0.49% vs Lawrence County 1.18%.
Washington County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Lawrence County at $1,174/yr; rate 0.66% vs Lawrence County 1.18%.
Fremont County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,175/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.36% vs Lawrence County 1.18%.
Monroe County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,176/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.82% vs Lawrence County 1.18%.
Illinois county set
State ACS overview for every published Illinois county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Lawrence County stamps PAR · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
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 Lawrence County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.