The median owner-occupied home in Jersey County had a real-estate tax bill of $2,957 (± $272) a year, compared with $5,189 in Illinois and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $168,800 (± $12,883), compared with $250,500 in Illinois and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Jersey County | Illinois | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 21,336 | 12,692,653 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $2,957 ± $272 | $5,189 ± $19 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $168,800 ± $12,883 | $250,500 ± $863 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $79,104 ± $7,390 | $81,702 ± $363 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 1.75% ± 0.21 points | 2.07% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 77.9% ± 2.7 points | 66.8% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 32.8% ± 2.8 points | 31.3% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 14.3% ± 3.7 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 26% of the estimate | 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 Jersey County (8)
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.
- Brighton (partly in this county)
- Elsah
- Fidelity
- Fieldon
- Grafton
- Jerseyville
- Medora (partly in this county)
- Otterville
Other named communities in Jersey County (19)
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.
- Beltrees
- Bowman (historical)
- Camden
- Chautauqua
- Delhi
- Democrat Spring
- Dow
- East Newbern
- Kemper
- Lake Piasa
- Lockhaven
- McClusky
- New Delhi
- Newbern
- Nutwood
- Reardon
- Reddish
- Rosedale
- Spankey