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Justice property tax: where it goes

A typical Justice house pays about $10,360 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A Justice house pays 10.924% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $104,838 of value before exemptions with the homestead exemption, that's about $10,360 a year.

Tax is levied on Equalized assessed value (EAV) less exemptions.

Cook County bills in 2026 use tax year 2025 rates; 2026 rates are not published until 2027.

Pay or manage it

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $104,838
Village of Justice0.891%$845
Cook County0.356%$338
Indian Springs School District 109 (schools)3.765%$3,571
Community High School District 217 (schools)3.5551%$3,372
Moraine Valley Community College District 5240.3669%$348
Justice Park District0.1993%$189
Justice Public Library District0.1876%$178
Roberts Park Fire Protection District1.0135%$961
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District0.3366%$319
Other districts (Consolidated Elections, Forest Preserve, Lyons Township, road and bridge, mosquito abatement)0.253%$240
Total10.924%$10,360

2025 tax year, Cook County tax code 21078. Exemptions applied: Homeowner Exemption ($10,000).

Ways to pay less

  • Homeowner Exemption. The Homeowner Exemption reduces the Equalized Assessed Value (EAV) of a property by $10,000. How: See the Cook County Assessor’s Homeowner Exemption page.
  • Seniors over 65 with income up to $65,000: Senior Freeze. Senior homeowners are eligible for this exemption if they are over 65 years of age and have a total household annual income of $65,000 or less in the 2024 calendar year. How: This exemption must be filed annually; the normal filing period has ended, and applications are processed as Certificates of Error.

Dates

WhenWhat
On or about March 1 each yearThe first installment of taxes is due and is 55% of the previous year's total amount.

Sources

  1. www.cookcountyassessoril.gov
  2. www.cookcountyassessoril.gov
  3. tax.illinois.gov
  4. www.cookcountyassessoril.gov
  5. www.cookcountyassessoril.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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