Will people continue to come to Boone County to escape the high taxes of McHenry County?
Well that may be very dependent upon where in McHenry they currently live.
Here are McHenry County’s rates:
Property tax rates in McHenry County ranked from highest to lowest. Calculated by Algonquin Township Assessor Bob Kunz. Click to enlarge.
The average tax for each community are as follows, keep in mind the higher McHenry County value of real estate makes the actual taxes higher than in Boone County.
Very interesting is the fact that lowest tax rate is for the community with the highest income—Barrington Hills—the village ranks 87th on the list of highest-income places in the United States (Wikipedia)
- Fox River Grove – $7,001
- Woodstock – $6,819
- McCullom Lake – $6,654
- Harvard – $6,469
- McHenry – $6,349
- Cary – $6,225
- Bull Valley – $6,130
- Marengo – $6,085
- Crystal Lake – $6,083
- Lakemoor – $6,081
- Island Lake – $6,026
- Holiday Hills – $6,009
- Richmond – $6,005
- Wonder Lake – $5,987
- Oakwood Hills – $5,937
- Trout Valley – $5,906
- Cary (unincorporated) – $5,906
- Hartland Township (unincorporated) – $5,903
- Lake in the Hills – $5,872
- Lakewood – $5,834
- Seneca Township (unincorporated) – $5,825
- Prairie Grove – $5,815
- Fox Lake – $5,779
- Port Barrington – $5,788
- Greenwood – $5,721
- Algonquin – $5,666
- Spring Grove – $5,551
- Huntley – $5,501
- Cary (unincorporated) – $5,458
- Riley Township (unincorporated) – $5,380
- Dunham Township (unincorporated)- $5,332
- Union – $5,310
- Algonquin Township (unincorporated) – $5,301
- Johnsburg – $5,223
- Hebron – $5,203
- Hebron Township (unincorporated) – $5,203
- Coral Township (unincorporated) – $5,401
- Ringwood – $5,035
- Alden Township (unincorporated) – $4,780
- Barrington Hills – $4,630
