Illinois · County property tax · ACS 2024
Wabash County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Wabash County pays $1,475 a year, an effective rate of 1.41%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,475
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.41%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -26%
- vs U.S. average
- #92 of 102
- rank in IL
The verdict
Homeowners in Wabash County pay a median $1,475 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.41%, more affordable than 14% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,475
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.41%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2688 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -26%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($104,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Illinois. Population: 11,119. Owner-occupied homes: 3,618.
The median annual property tax in Wabash County is $1,475, which is 72% lower than the Illinois state average and 26% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.41% on a median home value of $104,900. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
Wabash County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Wabash County's 1.41% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 14%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Wabash County pay a median annual property tax of $1,475, well below the national median and far below the Illinois state median. On a $104,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.41% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Illinois counties by effective rate
Wabash County ranks #92 of 102 counties in Illinois by effective rate (10% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Wabash County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $57,086 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Wabash 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
Wabash County's effective rate fell 16.0% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 29.7%, leaving the median bill 8.9% higher at $1,475. 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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $1,354 to $1,475, a change of 9%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 909 of 3,618 owner-occupied homes (25.1%). 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 2.6% 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 Wabash County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Wabash County homeowners, 909 of 3,618 owner-occupied homes (25.1%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 22.4% (812)
- $800 to $1,499 25.1% (909)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.2% (441)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.9% (468)
- $3,000 or more 21.1% (763)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
225 homes here (6.2%) 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 Wabash County pay a substantially higher bill, 51% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Wabash County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Wabash County's effective rate is higher than 10% of the 102 counties in Illinois - ranking #92 of 102.
Where Wabash County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.41% more affordable than 14% 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
Wabash County's effective rate runs 30% under the Illinois median and its bill 72% 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 $1,475 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.
Wabash County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Wabash County | Illinois Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-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.
Wabash County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Wabash County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $104,900 median home carries a $1,475 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $148 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Illinois.
Wabash County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,475 -3.5% | 1.41% |
| 2023 | $1,528 +3.2% | 1.47% |
| 2022 | $1,480 +8.3% | 1.57% |
| 2021 | $1,367 +1.0% | 1.64% |
| 2020 | $1,354 | 1.67% |
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.
Wabash County: tax-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near Wabash County's effective rate
On effective rate, Wabash County sits nearest Dallas County (IA), Jasper County (IA), Jefferson County (IA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Wilkes County (NC), Braxton County (WV), Lincoln County (WI).
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
Wabash County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 80 of 4,930 returns from Wabash County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,675 - 38% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Wabash County rate FAQs
- How does Wabash County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Wabash County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.41% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Wabash County?
- Wabash County, Illinois scores D (40/100) 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+ (1.84×). 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 Wabash County, Illinois?
- The median annual property tax in Wabash County is $1,475, an effective rate of 1.41% on a $104,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Wabash County?
- Property taxes in Wabash County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $57,086 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Wabash County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Wabash County climbed 8.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,354 to $1,475, 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 Wabash County's STEEP rate
Wabash County's $1,475 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 →
Wabash County ranks #92 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 Wabash 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: 1.41%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,475/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Wabash County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Wabash County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Nolan County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wabash County at $1,475/yr; rate 1.53% vs Wabash County 1.41%.
Gallatin County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,476/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.83% vs Wabash County 1.41%.
Palo Alto County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,474/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.20% vs Wabash County 1.41%.
Tippecanoe County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,474/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Wabash County 1.41%.
Illinois county set
State ACS overview for every published Illinois county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Wabash 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 Wabash County (STEEP · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.