Illinois · County property tax · ACS 2024
Massac County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Massac County pays $1,704 a year, an effective rate of 1.40%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,704
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.40%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -15%
- vs U.S. average
- #93 of 102
- rank in IL
The verdict
Homeowners in Massac County pay a median $1,704 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.40%, more affordable than 15% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,704
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.40%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2672 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -15%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($121,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Illinois. Population: 13,865. Owner-occupied homes: 4,167.
The median annual property tax in Massac County is $1,704, which is 68% lower than the Illinois state average and 15% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.40% on a median home value of $121,900. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
Massac County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Massac County's 1.40% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 15%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Illinois median
Homeowners in Massac County pay a median annual property tax of $1,704, notably lower than the national median and far below the Illinois state median. On a $121,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.40% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Illinois counties by effective rate
Massac County ranks #93 of 102 counties in Illinois by effective rate (9% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Massac County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $65,116 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Massac 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
Massac County's effective rate fell 13.0% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 37.7%, leaving the median bill 19.8% higher at $1,704. That rate move is larger than the one in 54% 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,422 to $1,704, a gain of 20%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 1,103 of 4,167 owner-occupied homes (26.5%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.6% 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.
What Massac County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Massac County homeowners, 1,103 of 4,167 owner-occupied homes (26.5%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 23.9% (995)
- $800 to $1,499 19.2% (800)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.2% (427)
- $2,000 to $2,999 14.7% (614)
- $3,000 or more 26.5% (1,103)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
228 homes here (5.5%) 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 Massac County pay a substantially higher bill, 42% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Massac County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Massac County's effective rate is higher than 9% of the 102 counties in Illinois - ranking #93 of 102.
Where Massac County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.40% more affordable than 15% 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
Massac County's effective rate runs 30% under the Illinois median and its bill 68% 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 $1,704 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.
Massac County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Massac County | Illinois Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
Massac County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Massac County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $121,900 median home carries a $1,704 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $170 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Illinois.
Massac County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,704 -3.7% | 1.40% |
| 2023 | $1,769 +2.5% | 1.50% |
| 2022 | $1,726 +14.5% | 1.50% |
| 2021 | $1,507 +6.0% | 1.60% |
| 2020 | $1,422 | 1.61% |
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.
Massac County: tax-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near Massac County's effective rate
On effective rate, Massac County sits nearest Davis County (IA), Story County (IA), Macomb County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are St. Louis County (MO), Clinton County (MI), Franklin County (NE).
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
Massac County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 110 of 6,080 returns from Massac County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,900 - 27% of those reporters sat in the $10-25k 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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Massac County rate FAQs
- How does Massac County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Massac County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.40% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Massac County?
- Massac County, Illinois scores F (38/100) 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+ (1.87×). 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 is the average property tax in Massac County, Illinois?
- The median annual property tax in Massac County is $1,704, an effective rate of 1.40% on a $121,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Massac County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Massac County climbed 19.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,422 to $1,704, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Massac County?
- Property taxes in Massac County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $65,116 median household income.
What to do with Massac County's STEEP rate
Inside Illinois, Massac County's $1,704 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Illinois overview →
Massac County ranks #93 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 Massac 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: 1.40%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,704/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Massac County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Massac County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Cheboygan County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Massac County at $1,704/yr; rate 0.89% vs Massac County 1.40%.
Cloud County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Massac County at $1,704/yr; rate 1.70% vs Massac County 1.40%.
Kingsbury County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Massac County at $1,704/yr; rate 1.01% vs Massac County 1.40%.
Carson County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,705/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.19% vs Massac County 1.40%.
Illinois county set
State ACS overview for every published Illinois county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Massac County stamps STEEP · MID - 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 Massac County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.