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Schaumburg property tax: where it goes

A typical Schaumburg house pays about $9,040 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A Schaumburg house pays 8.574% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $115,443 of value before exemptions with the homestead exemption, that's about $9,041 a year.

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

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $115,443
Cook County0.356%$375
Consolidated Elections0.0287%$30
Forest Preserve District of Cook County0.067%$71
Schaumburg Township0.0818%$86
Schaumburg Township General Assistance0.013%$14
Schaumburg Township Road and Bridge0.0237%$25
Schaumburg Township Mental Health0.0303%$32
Village of Schaumburg0.4087%$431
Schaumburg Elementary District 54 (schools)3.4778%$3,667
Palatine Township High School 2112.5242%$2,662
Harper College 5120.3691%$389
Schaumburg Park District0.577%$608
Schaumburg Township Library0.2715%$286
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District0.3366%$355
Northwest Mosquito Abatement District0.009%$9
Total8.574%$9,041

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

Ways to pay less

  • Senior citizen exemption. The Senior Citizen Exemption is an EAV reduction of $8,000.
  • Senior freeze exemption. The Senior Freeze Exemption freezes EAV for homeowners with a maximum income of $65,000.

Sources

  1. Cook County 2025 tax rate report
  2. Assessor valuations

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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