Karen R., Crestwood, IL, Present Value (2018), $229680, Property Taxes (2014), $5324, Property Taxes (2017), $6576, Total Taxes Paid, $28991, % Tax to Present Value, 12%, , , “I think they need to stop giving unions whatever they want.”​

John T., Clarendon Hills, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $741813, Present Value (2018), $481200, Property Taxes (2007), $6943, Property Taxes (2017), $9200, Total Taxes Paid, $95745, % Tax to Present Value, 20%, “The people who are in public office don’t care.”​

Vic L., Woodridge, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $479735, Present Value (2018), $474600, Property Taxes (approximate in 2003), $3500, Property Taxes (2017), $11043, Total Approximate Taxes Paid, $133603, % Tax to Present Value, 28%, “If you look at the other states they charge a fraction of what we do and they still have properly funded schools and pension liability."​

Timothy V., La Grange Park, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $388029, Present Value (2018), $381010, Property Taxes (2000), $4458, Property Taxes (2017), $9467, Total Taxes Paid, $124923, % Tax to Present Value, 32%, “They have to raise all these property taxes just to cover the pension burden.”​

Tom K., Midlothian, IL, Present Value (2018), $132150, Property Taxes (2017), $4044, Total Taxes Paid, $28779, , , , , , , “I don’t understand how that is my fault.”

Bonnie W., Palatine, IL, Present Value (2018), $306090, Property Taxes (2017), $8492, Total Taxes Paid since 1999, $113694, , , , , , , “We're overtaxed and my home value has not changed.”​

Nick C., Maple Park, IL, Purchase, $279000, Present Assessed Value (2018), $226752, Property Taxes (2017), $7449, Total Taxes Paid, $12721, , , , , “My property taxes scream at me.”

Cathy N., Lindenhurst, IL, Present Value (2018), $269910, Property Taxes (2017), $9724, Total Taxes Paid since 2004, $120467, , , , , , , “The older I get the more resentful I’ve become of staying here.”

Brian S., Round Lake, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $312921, Present Value (2018), $139965, Property Taxes (2017), $5685, Total Taxes Paid, $84864 (est.), % Tax to Present Value, 60%, , , “We are looking to move in about six to eight months.”

Bill S., Cary, IL, Purchase (inflation adj), $451953, Present Value (2018), $276674, Property Taxes (2017), $15302.88, Total Taxes Paid, $256356.51, % Tax to Present Value, 56%, , , “It erodes the value of the property because nobody wants to pay those kinds of taxes anymore.”