In central IL in a town of 4000 withing the city limits, we are paying $2780/year. My husband is protesting it because the valuation on our house is set at $125,000 for tax purposes. There has been no comparable house sold in this town in over two years that brought more than $100,000. When we had the house for sale for six months 4 years ago, the best offere we had was $90,000.
If you go to the court house and look up the taxes of all the city employee and commissioners, it is odd to see that even though 2 have brand new houses that are bigger than ours, their tax value is less. Makes a person wonder.