South Cook County taxpayers would pay an extra $219M if Democrats’ tax hike becomes law

State Sen. John Cullerton (D-Chicago) is eager to raise state income taxes. Taxpayers in his north side district will pay the most. | City Club of Chicago

By LGIS Newsfeed

May 31, 2017

South Cook County taxpayers would see a total of $219 million in state income tax increases if a tax hike measure passed by the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate becomes law.

The South Cook communities that would see the largest collective increases include Northeast Orland Park ($15.9 million), Oak Lawn ($15.6 million), Southwest Orland Park ($14.7 million), East Tinley Park ($12.5 million) and Lemont ($11.6 million).

Taxpayers from Palos Park ($1,359), Flossmoor ($1,205), Southwest Orland Park ($1,112) and Lemont ($1,029) would see the highest average increases.

Led by Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago), Democrats passed the individual income tax hike last week-- from 3.75 percent to 4.95 percent-- along with a broader set of tax increases on businesses.

If their projections prove correct, individual Illinois taxpayers will send an additional $4.453 billion to Springfield each year as a result of the higher rates. Businesses will pay another $1 billon.

LGIS looked at 2014 income taxes paid by zip code to create a ranking of the highest-paying South Cook County communities.

Its analysis looked at the percentage of total state income taxes paid by zip code, as reported by the Illinois Department of Revenue. It then applied that percentage to the amount Senate Democrats expect their tax hike will raise to calculate an average increase.

The analysis used 2014 tax return data, which is the latest available and also represents a year in which state income taxes were higher-- five percent, or approximately the level to which the Democrats are hoping to raise them.

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Top income tax-paying communities in South Cook County

Which communities pay the highest income taxes in the south suburbs?

Ranking	Communities	Zip	Average State Income Tax Increase	Total Returns filed by Zip
1	Palos Park	60464	$1,359	4,885
2	Flossmoor	60422	$1,205	4,407
3	Orland Park (Southwest)	60467	$1,112	13,193
4	Lemont	60439	$1,029	11,296
5	Palos Heights	60463	$900	7,392
6	Orland Hills / Tinley Park (West)	60487	$813	12,860
7	Orland Park (Northeast)	60462	$791	20,078
8	Olympia Fields	60461	$782	2,125
9	Evergreen Park	60805	$669	9,249
10	Tinley Park (East)	60477	$648	19,345
11	Homewood	60430	$648	9,144
12	Oak Forest	60452	$598	13,085
13	Oak Lawn	60453	$571	27,306
14	Hickory Hills	60457	$535	6,550
15	Palos Hills	60465	$526	8,747
16	Crestwood / Midlothian	60445	$510	11,852
17	Matteson	60443	$510	8,720
18	Lansing	60438	$490	12,629
19	Alsip / Merrionette Park	60803	$488	10,255
20	Thornton	60476	$484	1,067
21	South Holland	60473	$477	9,563
22	Richton Park	60471	$470	5,260
23	Burbank	60459	$451	13,086
24	Worth	60482	$447	5,100
25	Steger	60475	$446	4,263
26	Burnham	60633	$445	4,981
27	Bridgeview	60455	$443	7,105
28	Glenwood	60425	$440	3,757
29	Hometown	60456	$438	2,056
30	Country Club Hills	60478	$437	6,710
31	Chicago Ridge	60415	$425	6,116
32	Justice	60458	$417	6,040
33	Hazel Crest / East Hazel Crest	60429	$415	6,020
34	Posen	60469	$387	2,279
35	Park Forest	60466	$384	9,000
36	Chicago Heights/Sauk Village/Lynwood/South Chicago Heights/ Ford Heights	60411	$369	20,984
37	Summit	60501	$365	4,615
38	Blue Island	60406	$360	9,781
39	Calumet City	60409	$357	13,990
40	Dolton	60419	$353	8,782
41	Markham	60428	$306	4,444
42	Riverdale / Calumet Park	60827	$286	9,012
43	Harvey / Dixmoor / Phoenix	60426	$263	8,931
44	Robbins	60472	$249	1,466

Source: Illinois Department of Revenue; Blockshopper.com

How much more will your community pay?

If state income taxes are increased to 4.95 percent from 3.75 percent, how much more will taxpayers in your community pay for state government?

Ranking	Communities	Zip	Estimated State Income Tax Increase
1	Orland Park (Northeast)	60462	$15,873,932
2	Oak Lawn	60453	$15,590,897
3	Orland Park (Southwest)	60467	$14,665,822
4	Tinley Park (East)	60477	$12,544,821
5	Lemont	60439	$11,625,830
6	Orland Hills / Tinley Park (West)	60487	$10,450,571
7	Oak Forest	60452	$7,820,474
8	Chicago Heights/Sauk Village/Lynwood/South Chicago Heights/Ford Heights	60411	$7,750,941
9	Palos Heights	60463	$6,651,373
10	Palos Park	60464	$6,640,347
11	Lansing	60438	$6,186,513
12	Evergreen Park	60805	$6,184,021
13	Crestwood / Midlothian	60445	$6,044,120
14	Homewood	60430	$5,924,983
15	Burbank	60459	$5,908,173
16	Flossmoor	60422	$5,309,891
17	Alsip / Merrionette Park	60803	$5,006,573
18	Calumet City	60409	$4,989,469
19	Palos Hills	60465	$4,603,527
20	South Holland	60473	$4,563,235
21	Matteson	60443	$4,446,740
22	Blue Island	60406	$3,520,852
23	Hickory Hills	60457	$3,504,728
24	Park Forest	60466	$3,460,363
25	Bridgeview	60455	$3,148,297
26	Dolton	60419	$3,097,820
27	Country Club Hills	60478	$2,932,209
28	Chicago Ridge	60415	$2,601,489
29	Riverdale / Calumet Park	60827	$2,581,564
30	Justice	60458	$2,519,749
31	Hazel Crest / East Hazel Crest	60429	$2,497,586
32	Richton Park	60471	$2,473,684
33	Harvey / Dixmoor / Phoenix	60426	$2,345,394
34	Worth	60482	$2,279,220
35	Burnham	60633	$2,218,156
36	Steger	60475	$1,902,180
37	Summit	60501	$1,686,118
38	Olympia Fields	60461	$1,661,460
39	Glenwood	60425	$1,652,191
40	Markham	60428	$1,360,570
41	Hometown	60456	$900,376
42	Posen	60469	$882,863
43	Thornton	60476	$516,750
44	Robbins	60472	$365,040
	TOTAL		$218,890,912