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Barrington property tax: where it goes

A typical Barrington house pays about $16,620 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A Barrington house pays 7.123% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $243,309 of value before exemptions with the homestead exemption, that's about $16,619 a year.

Tax is levied on Market value x 10% assessment level x equalization factor, minus the homeowner exemption, x the tax rate..

Cook County's 2026 rates are not published until 2027; 2025 rates are the ones on bills now being paid.

Pay or manage it

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $243,309
Cook County0.356%$830
Consolidated Elections0.0287%$67
Forest Preserve District of Cook County0.067%$156
Barrington Township0.0247%$58
Barrington Township General Assistance0.0008%$2
Village of Barrington0.4842%$1,130
Community Unit School District 220 (schools)4.5848%$10,697
Harper College 5120.3691%$861
Barrington Park District0.6502%$1,517
Barrington Public Library District0.2214%$516
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District0.3366%$785
Total7.123%$16,619

2025 tax year (payable 2026), Cook County, Barrington Township. Exemptions applied: Homeowner exemption ($10,000).

Ways to pay less

  • Senior citizen exemption. The Senior Exemption reduces the Equalized Assessed Value (EAV) of a property by $8,000.
  • Senior freeze exemption. Homeowners are eligible if they are over 65 and have a total household annual income of $65,000 or less in the 2024 calendar year.

Sources

  1. Cook County Clerk 2025 tax rate report
  2. Homeowner exemption
  3. Senior exemption

Checked October 30, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

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