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Property Tax Allocation

Real estate assessment services are provided by Wheeling Township, and the taxes are collected by Cook County.  Click here to visit the Cook County Assessor's Office website.  North of Lake Cook Road, real estate taxes in the Village of Wheeling are collected by Lake County.  Click here to visit the Lake County Assessor's Office website. 

The majority of the property tax that residents and businesses pay go to the school districts (e.g. District 21, High School District 214, Harper College District 512, etc.) and taxing districts other than the Village of Wheeling. For Tax Year 2011, 10.50% of the property taxes you will paid went to the Village of Wheeling. Here’s where the taxes went most homeowners and businesses* in Wheeling:
School Districts – 68.65%
Park District – 6.84%
County – 5.70%
Village of Wheeling – 10.50%
Other (smaller districts) – 8.31%

*Based on tax code 38055.

Please refer to the statistical section of the Village’s most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for a 10-year history of property tax rates in Wheeling.