Property tax in Scott County, Illinois
In Scott County, the property tax bill comes from the Scott County Treasurer (the county collector). Every due date for the 2025 payable 2026 bill has passed, and the county had not posted the next cycle's dates when we checked. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Scott County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Scott County, Illinois is $1,446 a year, which is about 1.5% of the county's median home value of $96,400. That effective rate is lower than the typical Illinois county (1.81%) and higher than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.
Who sends the property tax bill in Scott County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from the Scott County Treasurer (the county collector). The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Scott County Assessor's Office (Supervisor of Assessments), which is who to ask if the value looks wrong. For how to look up and pay the bill, go to the county's own payment information.
The county's payment page still prints 2024 due dates; the Treasurer's office page has this year's dates. Online payments go through an outside payment site linked from the county's pages. Questions about values and exemptions go to the Assessor's office in the courthouse in Winchester, and a Board of Review decision can be taken to the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board.
When are property taxes due in Scott County?
Every due date for the 2025 payable 2026 bill has passed, and Scott County had not posted the next cycle's dates when we checked on September 23, 2026. If that bill is still unpaid, the late-payment rules below apply to it. Counties usually repeat the schedule, but confirm the new dates on your next bill. For the 2025 payable 2026 bill, Scott County splits the bill into 2 payments, the first due July 17, 2026 and the last September 18, 2026. State law charges interest of 1.5% a month, or part of a month, on an unpaid installment, starting the day after its due date. The Treasurer, with the County Clerk, holds an annual sale of delinquent real estate taxes; the county has not posted this year's sale date.
| Payment | Due | Note |
|---|---|---|
| First installment | July 17, 2026 (passed) | Bills were mailed June 8, 2026. State law treats a mailed payment as on time if it is postmarked on or before the due date. |
| Second installment | September 18, 2026 (passed) |
From Scott County's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. If a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the county's own rules on the next business day apply.
Estimate the property tax on a home in Scott County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Scott County's average effective rate of 1.5% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.
Estimated property tax: $1,446 / year
Property tax in Scott County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $1,446 |
| Median home value | $96,400 |
| Effective tax rate | 1.5% |
| Typical Illinois county rate | 1.81% |
| National median county rate | 0.81% |
Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
How does Scott County compare in Illinois?
Among Illinois's 102 counties, Scott County has the 82nd highest effective property-tax rate: 81 rank higher and 20 rank lower. That is on the lower side for Illinois. Nationally, it ranks 342nd of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Illinois county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Scott County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Scott County's 1,616 owner-occupied homes, 19.2% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 36.5% pay at least $2,000, and 27.5% pay under $800. Another 2.8% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 444 | 27.5% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 370 | 22.9% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 168 | 10.4% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 279 | 17.3% |
| $3,000 or more | 310 | 19.2% |
| No property tax paid | 45 | 2.8% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,861 and owners without one pay $1,241. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.
How does the Scott County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $1,446 is about 1.9% of the median income of Scott County homeowner households, $75,972 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 79% of Scott County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.
Have property taxes gone up in Scott County?
The survey cannot tell. The median bill was $1,428 in 2015-2019 and $1,446 in 2020-2024, but that $18 difference is inside the Census's own margin of error for a county this size, so it could be sampling noise rather than a real change.
Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.
Property tax in counties next to Scott County
Scott County borders 3 counties.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan County, IL | 1.76% | $2,306 | $130,800 |
| Greene County, IL | 1.74% | $1,661 | $95,200 |
| Pike County, IL | 1.53% | $1,556 | $101,400 |
| Scott County, IL (this county) | 1.5% | $1,446 | $96,400 |
How is a home assessed in Scott County?
Illinois assesses homes at 33.33% of market value in every county, Scott County included. How Illinois assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Scott County?
Yes. Illinois's General Homestead Exemption is $6,000 of equalized assessed value in most counties, $8,000 in counties next to Cook, and $10,000 in Cook County. That is the Illinois rule, and it applies in Scott County. Illinois's exemptions and relief programs in full.
Scott County does not add relief programs of its own beyond the Illinois ones (checked September 23, 2026).
How to appeal your Scott County property assessment
In Scott County you appeal to the Scott County Board of Review. The deadline: Within 30 calendar days after the county publishes the assessment list in the newspaper (state law). A mailed appeal counts as filed on its postmark date. The county has not posted this year's publication date or deadline. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against state law, because Scott County does not restate them on its own pages.
How Illinois's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.
Illinois rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Illinois page.
Work out your own numbers
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How much house can I afford?
Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Scott County's tax rate to hand.
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Mortgage calculator
Monthly payment with principal, interest, tax and insurance, plus what an extra payment saves you.
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Illinois income tax
Brackets, standard deduction and what Illinois actually taxes.
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Sales tax in Scott County
The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.
Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Scott County, Illinois: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.