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Centralia property tax: where it goes

A typical Centralia house pays about $1,700 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A Centralia house pays 7.127% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $29,867 of value before exemptions with the homestead exemption, that's about $1,701 a year.

Tax is levied on Assessed at 33 1/3 percent of the property’s fair market value, excluding farmland and farm buildings..

Illinois bills a year in arrears; 2025 rates are the latest extended.

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $29,867
Tax code 14001 Centralia, all overlapping districts combined (line 1 of 2)3.5637%$851
Tax code 14001 Centralia, all overlapping districts combined (line 2 of 2)3.5637%$851
Total7.127%$1,701

2025 tax year (payable 2026), Marion County. Exemptions applied: General homestead exemption (owner-occupied, up to; $6,000 for most counties) ($6,000).

Ways to pay less

  • Seniors 65+: senior homestead exemption. Reduces the EAV by an additional $5,000 (for most counties) for homeowners 65 or older who own and occupy their home.
  • Seniors 65+ with household income of $65,000 or less: assessment freeze. The low-income senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption freezes the EAV at a base year value for eligible seniors.

Sources

  1. tax.illinois.gov

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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