Betty D., Brookfield, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $110000, Present Value (2018), $222320, Property Taxes (2006), $3035, Property Taxes (2017), $6582, Total Taxes Paid, $54394, , , “I feel like everybody is struggling and it needs to change on where the taxes are going.”​

Tony D., Geneva, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $215000, Present Value (2018), $250158, Property Taxes (2012), $6862, Property Taxes (2017), $7394, Total Taxes Paid, $42084, , , “I’m feeding someone else’s retirement but I can’t save for my own.”​

Pat D., Colona, IL, Present Value (2018), $104667, Property Taxes (2001), $1312, Property Taxes (2017), $3447, Total Taxes Paid, $38333, , , , , “I would be out of Illinois in a heartbeat if I could.”​

Lisa K., Downers Grove, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $565000, Present Value (2018), $666270, Property Taxes (2005), $8469, Property Taxes (2017), $11637, Total Taxes Paid, $126890, , , “It’s too expensive and I can’t afford it anymore.”​

Tony S., Park Ridge, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $475000, Present Value (2018), $449770, Property Taxes (2002), $8493, Property Taxes (2017), $11854, Total Taxes Paid, $171169, , , “We’ve been lied to as taxpayers.”

Mary P., Chicago, IL, Present Value (2018), $348130, Property Taxes (1999), $3977, Property Taxes (2017), $4331, Total Taxes Paid, $88577, , , , , “I really like it here, but if they force my hands I’ll have to go.”​

Brian A., New Windsor, IL, Present Value (2018), $262400, Property Taxes (2003), $1536, Property Taxes (2017), $7175, Total Taxes Paid, $61936, , , , , “There is no opportunity here and it’s getting more expensive to live here.”​

Elizabeth H., Colona, IL, Present Value (2018), $97410, Property Taxes (2008), $2422, Property Taxes (2017), $3184, Total Taxes Paid, $29727, , , , , “If I could afford to move out I would.”​

Andrew R., Beecher, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $205000, Present Value (2018), $188454, Property Taxes (2013), $5487, Property Taxes (2017), $5650, Total Taxes Paid, $27927, , , “After [Illinois] passed the income tax hike, I was done. I had to leave.”​

Robert G., Grayslake, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $380000, Present Value (2018), $348933, Property Taxes (2009), $11597, Property Taxes (2016), $12679, Total Taxes Paid, $95338, , , “We were paying $1000 a month in property tax.”