Property tax in Vermilion County, Illinois
In Vermilion County, the property tax bill comes from the Vermilion County Treasurer. 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 Vermilion County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Vermilion County, Illinois is $1,757 a year, which is about 1.81% of the county's median home value of $97,200. That effective rate is about the same as 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 Vermilion County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from the Vermilion County Treasurer. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Vermilion County Supervisor of Assessments, with the township assessors, 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.
Township assessors value homes and the Supervisor of Assessments publishes the changes; the Treasurer only collects the tax. One county bill carries the taxes of every local district the property sits in, including schools, townships, cities, libraries and fire districts. Online and phone payments go through an outside processor that charges $1.50 plus 2.35% for cards and $2.00 for an e-check. You can also pay at several local banks on or before the due date with your bill in hand, or mail the installment stub to PO Box 730, Danville, IL 61834. A Board of Review decision can be appealed to the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board.
When are property taxes due in Vermilion County?
Every due date for the 2025 Payable 2026 bill has passed, and Vermilion 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, Vermilion County splits the bill into 2 payments, the first due June 18, 2026 and the last September 4, 2026. An installment not paid by its due date is charged interest of 1.5% a month, or part of a month, starting the day after the due date, as Illinois law requires, plus a $10 advertising cost for each delinquent tax. To keep your name out of the published delinquent list, pay before October 9, 2026. Cards, e-checks and personal or business checks are not accepted after October 2, 2026, no tax payments are accepted after November 3, 2026, and the unpaid taxes are offered at the county's tax sale on November 4, 2026.
| Payment | Due | Note |
|---|---|---|
| First installment | June 18, 2026 (passed) | |
| Second installment | September 4, 2026 (passed) | Mobile home taxes are due the same day. After this date, payments are taken only at the Treasurer's office or online; banks cannot take them. |
From Vermilion 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 Vermilion County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Vermilion County's average effective rate of 1.81% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.
Estimated property tax: $1,759 / year
Property tax in Vermilion County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $1,757 |
| Median home value | $97,200 |
| Effective tax rate | 1.81% |
| 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 Vermilion County compare in Illinois?
Among Illinois's 102 counties, Vermilion County has the 50th highest effective property-tax rate: 49 rank higher and 52 rank lower. That is near the middle for Illinois. Nationally, it ranks 141st of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Illinois county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Vermilion County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Vermilion County's 21,129 owner-occupied homes, 24% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 41.3% pay at least $2,000, and 20.8% pay under $800. Another 5.8% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 4,402 | 20.8% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 4,242 | 20.1% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 2,546 | 12% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 3,652 | 17.3% |
| $3,000 or more | 5,063 | 24% |
| No property tax paid | 1,224 | 5.8% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,363 and owners without one pay $1,378. 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 Vermilion County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $1,757 is about 2.4% of the median income of Vermilion County homeowner households, $74,375 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 70.2% of Vermilion 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 Vermilion County?
Yes. The median bill went from $1,527 in 2015-2019 to $1,757 in 2020-2024, a 15.1% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 21.7%, from $79,900 to $97,200. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.
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 Vermilion County
Vermilion County borders 8 counties, 3 of them across the state line.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford County, IL | 2.12% | $2,587 | $122,000 |
| Champaign County, IL | 2.06% | $4,353 | $211,500 |
| Iroquois County, IL | 1.82% | $2,504 | $137,800 |
| Vermilion County, IL (this county) | 1.81% | $1,757 | $97,200 |
| Douglas County, IL | 1.7% | $2,554 | $150,400 |
| Edgar County, IL | 1.45% | $1,409 | $97,300 |
| Benton County, IN | 0.77% | $1,165 | $151,000 |
| Vermillion County, IN | 0.69% | $781 | $113,100 |
| Warren County, IN | 0.5% | $914 | $182,500 |
How is a home assessed in Vermilion County?
Illinois assesses homes at 33.33% of market value in every county, Vermilion County included. How Illinois assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Vermilion 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 Vermilion County. Illinois's exemptions and relief programs in full.
Vermilion County does not add relief programs of its own beyond the Illinois ones (checked September 23, 2026).
How to appeal your Vermilion County property assessment
In Vermilion County you appeal to the Vermilion County Board of Review. The deadline: A written complaint on the Board of Review's form must be filed no later than 30 calendar days after the county publishes the changes made by the township assessor and the Supervisor of Assessments. The Board sits for the 2026 assessment from June 5, 2026 and adjourns November 3, 2026 or when its work is done. A complaint filed in 2026 affects the 2026 assessment, which is billed in 2027. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.
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 Vermilion 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 Vermilion County
The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.
Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Vermilion 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.