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East Moline property tax: where it goes

A typical East Moline house pays about $3,870 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A East Moline house pays 9.947% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $44,867 of value before exemptions with the homestead exemption, that's about $3,866 a year.

Tax is levied on Exemptions lower the assessed valuation, and then the tax rate is applied. The owner occupied exemption lowers the equalized assessed value of your property up to $6,000..

Rock Island County's 2025 rates payable 2026 are the latest; 2026 rates are not set until 2027.

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $44,867
City of East Moline2.1202%$824
East Moline School District 37 (schools)3.9887%$1,550
United Township High School District 30 (schools)1.8021%$700
Rock Island County0.9035%$351
Black Hawk College0.5652%$220
South Moline Township0.0981%$38
Metro Mass Transit District0.1764%$69
Forest Preserve0.1403%$55
Metro Airport Authority0.0613%$24
Illini Hospital District0.075%$29
South Moline Road & Bridge0.016%$6
Total9.947%$3,866

2025 tax year (payable 2026), tax code 07003. Exemptions applied: Owner occupied exemption, lowers the equalized assessed value by up to ($6,000).

Ways to pay less

  • Owner occupied exemption. This exemption lowers the taxable value of your property by up to $6,000. How: Apply through your township assessor or the Rock Island County assessment office.
  • Seniors 65+: low-income assessment freeze. At least one owner must be 65 or older by December 31, 2026 and household income not greater than $75,000 in 2025. How: The 2026 application deadline is July 1, 2026.
  • Disabled persons exemption. Under this program, $2,000 of the equalized assessed value of a home owned by a qualifying disabled person is exempt from property taxes. How: See the Rock Island County property tax relief page.

Sources

  1. District rates by taxcode, 2025
  2. Owner occupied exemption
  3. Property tax relief

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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