Which South Suburb municipalities have the most homes with delinquent property taxes?

By Local Labs News Service

Aug 10, 2019

As of May 21, 7,309 residential properties in the South Suburbs were delinquent on their 2017 property taxes, according to a South Cook News analysis of data made available on the Cook County Treasurer website.

If a property owner fails to pay taxes in Illinois, he or she can eventually lose ownership of the property.

The following table ranks municipalities in the South Suburbs by the percentage of delinquent properties.

Rank	Municipality	Total Delinquent Properties	Median Amount Owed
1	Harvey	2463	$8,575
2	Calumet City	510	$5,481
3	Riverdale	465	$6,381
4	Chicago Heights	431	$5,023
5	Dolton	385	$3,865
6	Markham	331	$3,099
7	Park Forest	241	$5,231
8	Ford Heights	196	$2,731
9	Hazel Crest	196	$2,665
10	Robbins	182	$1,395
11	Sauk Village	176	$2,388
12	Lansing	114	$3,281
13	Blue Island	113	$2,451
14	Country Club Hills	109	$5,027
15	South Holland	101	$3,716
16	Oak Lawn	92	$3,117
17	Phoenix	84	$1,766
18	Matteson	62	$7,556
19	Dixmoor	61	$1,652
20	Calumet Park	59	$3,536
21	Evergreen Park	52	$2,712
22	Glenwood	49	$2,772
23	Burnham	48	$3,831
24	Homewood	48	$3,779
25	Richton Park	46	$3,747
26	Alsip	46	$3,044
27	Orland Park	45	$5,961
28	Steger	42	$1,888
29	Palos Hills	40	$5,265
30	Tinley Park	38	$5,605
31	Burbank	38	$3,449
32	Midlothian	33	$1,695
33	Flossmoor	32	$6,697
34	Summit	30	$4,420
35	Oak Forest	27	$2,442
36	Crestwood	25	$1,240
37	Olympia Fields	24	$8,426
38	South Chicago	24	$1,713
39	Posen	22	$2,838
40	Justice	20	$2,774
41	Worth	19	$3,685
42	Thornton	18	$4,371
43	Bridgeview	18	$6,909
44	Chicago Ridge	17	$2,654
45	Lynwood	17	$2,923
46	Hickory Hills	15	$3,807
47	Willow Springs	14	$8,313
48	Lemont	14	$4,384
49	Stickney	13	$1,592
50	Palos Park	12	$9,046
51	Countryside	11	$3,059
52	East Hazel Crest	11	$5,531
53	Palos Heights	8	$7,196
54	Hometown	7	$1,533
55	Indian Head Park	5	$3,138
56	Orland Hills	4	$2,332
57	Merrionette Park	4	$1,046
58	Bedford Park	2	$1,798