Cost of Living in Downers Grove
Downers Grove's cost of living is defined by home values running above Illinois's own statewide figures, offset by a property tax rate that runs genuinely BELOW the DuPage County average.
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Learn moreHousing Runs Above the Illinois Statewide Average
Downers Grove's typical home value ran $428,241-$521,000 depending on source (Zillow, Niche, Redfin) -- meaningfully above Illinois's own statewide figures ($294,136 Zillow / $345,000 Illinois REALTORS, per illinois.js).
A Real, Below-County-Average Property Tax Rate
Downers Grove's village-wide computed effective property tax rate ran approximately 1.65% -- a real, genuine roughly 20% BELOW DuPage County's own 2.05%-2.16% average, though the same source's ZIP-level figures run somewhat higher (1.85%-1.86%).
A Combined Sales Tax Below the Illinois Statewide Average
Downers Grove's 8.5% combined sales tax rate runs below Illinois's own roughly 8.86% statewide average combined rate.
Key takeaways
- Typical home values ($428,241-$521,000) run meaningfully above Illinois's statewide averages.
- Property tax runs a real, genuinely below-DuPage-County-average 1.65%-1.86% depending on measurement.
- Combined sales tax (8.5%) runs below Illinois's own statewide average.
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