Illinois · County property tax · ACS 2024
Randolph County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Randolph County pays $1,927 a year, an effective rate of 1.43%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,927
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.43%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -3%
- vs U.S. average
- #91 of 102
- rank in IL
The verdict
Homeowners in Randolph County pay a median $1,927 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.43%, more affordable than 14% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,927
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.43%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2709 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -3%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($135,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Illinois. Population: 30,058. Owner-occupied homes: 9,148.
The median annual property tax in Randolph County is $1,927, which is 64% lower than the Illinois state average and 3% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.43% on a median home value of $135,100. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Randolph County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Randolph County's 1.43% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 14%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Illinois median
Homeowners in Randolph County pay a median annual property tax of $1,927, modestly below the national median and far below the Illinois state median. On a $135,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.43% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Illinois counties by effective rate
Randolph County ranks #91 of 102 counties in Illinois by effective rate (11% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Randolph County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $68,131 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Randolph 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.
The rate held while the market moved
Randolph County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 2.8% up, against a median home value that rose 21.8%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 25.3%, from $1,538 to $1,927.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 25% from $1,538 to $1,927. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 2,255 of 9,148 owner-occupied homes (24.7%) 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.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 2.8% of median household income. A high rate is affordable only relative to something, and this is what it is relative to 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 Randolph County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Randolph County homeowners, 2,255 of 9,148 owner-occupied homes (24.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 19.1% (1,751)
- $800 to $1,499 18.3% (1,670)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.7% (1,158)
- $2,000 to $2,999 21.7% (1,985)
- $3,000 or more 24.7% (2,255)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
329 homes here (3.6%) 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 Randolph County pay a substantially higher bill, 52% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Randolph County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Randolph County's effective rate is higher than 11% of the 102 counties in Illinois - ranking #91 of 102.
Where Randolph County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.43% more affordable than 14% 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 Randolph County moved from $1,538 in the 2020 release to $1,927 in 2024, a change of about 25%. 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.
Randolph County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Randolph 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 | 2.8% | - | - |
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.
Randolph County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Randolph County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $135,100 median home carries a $1,927 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $193 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Illinois.
Randolph County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,927 +2.7% | 1.43% |
| 2023 | $1,877 +5.1% | 1.40% |
| 2022 | $1,786 +9.4% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | $1,633 +6.2% | 1.43% |
| 2020 | $1,538 | 1.39% |
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.
Randolph County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Randolph County's effective rate
On effective rate, Randolph County sits nearest Warren County (IA), Franklin County (MA), Hampshire County (MA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Louisa County (VA), Sheridan County (NE), Stevens County (WA).
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
Randolph County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 290 of 13,310 returns from Randolph County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,703 - 41% 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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Randolph County rate FAQs
- How does Randolph County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Randolph County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.43% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Randolph County?
- Randolph County, Illinois scores F (34/100) 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 (1.98×). 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 Randolph County, Illinois?
- The median annual property tax in Randolph County is $1,927, an effective rate of 1.43% on a $135,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Randolph County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Randolph County jumped 25.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,538 to $1,927, 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 Randolph County?
- Property taxes in Randolph County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $68,131 median household income.
What to do with Randolph County's STEEP rate
Inside Illinois, Randolph County's $1,927 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Illinois overview →
Randolph County ranks #91 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 Randolph 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: 1.43%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,927/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Randolph County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Randolph County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Wexford County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Randolph County at $1,927/yr; rate 1.13% vs Randolph County 1.43%.
Ashtabula County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,928/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.21% vs Randolph County 1.43%.
Albany County, WY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,925/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.58% vs Randolph County 1.43%.
Atchison County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,925/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.32% vs Randolph County 1.43%.
Illinois county set
State ACS overview for every published Illinois county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Randolph 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 Randolph County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.