The median owner-occupied home in DeKalb County had a real-estate tax bill of $5,889 (± $148) a year, compared with $5,189 in Illinois and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $231,900 (± $4,843), compared with $250,500 in Illinois and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | DeKalb County | Illinois | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 100,512 | 12,692,653 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $5,889 ± $148 | $5,189 ± $19 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $231,900 ± $4,843 | $250,500 ± $863 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $69,022 ± $2,476 | $81,702 ± $363 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 2.54% ± 0.08 points | 2.07% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 60.9% ± 1.5 points | 66.8% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 28.5% ± 1.2 points | 31.3% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 23.2% ± 2.2 points | 22.1% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in DeKalb County (14)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
- Cortland
- DeKalb
- Genoa
- Hinckley
- Kingston
- Kirkland
- Lee (partly in this county)
- Malta
- Maple Park (partly in this county)
- Sandwich (partly in this county)
- Shabbona
- Somonauk (partly in this county)
- Sycamore
- Waterman
Other named communities in DeKalb County (14)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Afton Center
- Charter Grove
- Clare
- Colvin Park
- Elva
- Esmond
- Fairdale
- Five Points
- Franks
- McGirr
- New Lebanon
- Rollo
- Shabbona Grove
- Wilkinson