Who gets my property taxes?

Your taxing bodies are listed at the top of your annual real estate tax bill.  The taxing bodies that receive a portion of your property tax are determined by the location of your property.  The taxing bodies are normally the schools, county, city, and township.

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For example, depending on its location, a property in O'Fallon, Illinois, might be paying taxes to St. Clair County, O'Fallon Township, City of O'Fallon, O'Fallon District 90, O'Fallon Township Highschool (OTHS) District 203, and Southwest Illinois College (SWIC).  The portion that goes to each varies year to year depending on the relative amount each taxing body requests in the their tax levy.  Most of your property tax goes to schools. 

 

For this example property in 2022,

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- About 71.4% of the real-estate tax went to schools (SWIC, OTHS, and District 90)

- About 13.8% of the real-estate tax went to St. Clair County

- About 10.5% of the real-estate tax went to the City of O'Fallon, this includes Library, Fire Department, and Emergency Medical Service

- About 4.3 % of the real-estate tax went to O'Fallon Township      

 

From this example, you may conclude awareness and involvement in the tax levy processes at your local schools will have the greatest impact on your property tax.