Kankakee homeowners paid property taxes equal to 2.4% of their home’s value in the fourth quarter of 2025—a rate more than 2.7 times higher than the national average, according to BlockShopper.com.
The median sales price for homes in Kankakee during the fourth quarter of 2025 was $150,000, with 115 properties sold in that span. The city’s median property tax bill for 2025 stood at $3,556, which equals 2.4% of the median home value subject to taxation.
The national average effective property tax rate for 2024 was 0.888%.
Within Kankakee County, St. Anne, Manteno, and Kankakee reported the county’s top three median effective property tax rates.
This article determines the 2025 effective property tax rate using inflation estimates and 2023 tax information from the county. Actual rates may differ slightly in individual cases.
U.S. home prices increased again in 2025, with the national median climbing to about $447,000 in June. That’s an increase of 1.13% compared to a year earlier, Redfin data shows. The data also reveals a notable imbalance in supply and demand, with 36% more sellers than buyers (a difference of 508,715 homes). By Redfin’s criteria, a balanced market occurs when the number of sellers and buyers are within 10% of one another.
The table below lists St. Anne and selected other Kankakee County cities by their median effective property tax rates, based on sales and property tax figures for the fourth quarter of 2025.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anne | 5 | $110,000 | $3,174 | 2.9% |
| Manteno | 37 | $265,000 | $6,980 | 2.6% |
| Kankakee | 115 | $150,000 | $3,556 | 2.4% |
| Bradley | 69 | $179,000 | $4,148 | 2.3% |
| Herscher | 8 | $190,000 | $4,356 | 2.3% |
| Essex | 5 | $180,000 | $4,149 | 2.3% |
| Bonfield | 6 | $235,000 | $4,904 | 2.1% |
| Bourbonnais | 73 | $275,000 | $5,402 | 2% |
| Momence | 22 | $157,275 | $3,167 | 2% |
| Aroma Park | 3 | $160,000 | $3,168 | 2% |
| Grant Park | 6 | $278,750 | $5,004 | 1.8% |
| Limestone | 3 | $315,000 | $3,827 | 1.2% |