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UPDATED: Which northern Illinois towns have enacted a 1% grocery tax? Check our list

Deadline was Oct. 1 for towns to add back what state is taking away next year

October 20, 2025 at 3:39 pm CDT

Condiments and canned goods line the shelves on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at DeKalb Fresh Market, 615 Oak St., DeKalb. Increased tariffs ordered by President Donald Trump's administration could impact local shoppers and businesses, including the price of groceries, experts have said. — Many Illinois communities are adding back a 1% grocery tax that will otherwise expire on Jan. 1, 2026. (Megann Horstead)

By Claire O'Brien

Illinois communities that want to keep a 1% grocery tax after the state’s tax expires had to act by Oct. 1 to put their own laws on the books. Now that the deadline is over, hundreds of Illinois villages and cities have decided to extend the tax.

When is the deadline to opt in?

State lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker decided to end a 1% grocery tax that benefited local towns. The statewide tax will go away Jan. 1, but the state gave communities until Oct. 1 to put their own grocery taxes on the books that would take effect next year.

Local city councils and village board had to pass an ordinance to keep the tax and report it to the Illinois Department of Revenue online, a department spokesperson said. The taxes must be submitted by Oct. 1 to take effect Jan. 1.

Local municipalities that don’t act will have two chances each year going forward to add it to the books. Ordinances in by April 1 will start July 1 and ordinances in by Oct. 1 will take effect Jan. 1.

How many have opted in?

As of Oct. 1, 646 municipalities have enacted a local grocery tax, according to Department of Revenue records. Illinois has 1,295 municipalities, so about half of them will continue the grocery tax.

Here’s a look at the municipalities in several northern Illinois counties that have chosen to add the tax.

Note: Communities that fall into more than one county are listed under all relevant counties. Some towns could be missing if they have not yet reported their tax to the Illinois Department of Revenue.

Bureau County

Annawan
Dalzell
DePue
Ladd
Neponset
Oblong
Princeton: Read coverage here
Sheffield
Spring Valley
Tiskilwa
Walnut

Carroll County

Lanark
Mount Carroll
Milledgeville
Shannon

Cook County

DeKalb County

DuPage County

Aurora
Batavia: Read coverage here
Bloomingdale
Bolingbrook
Carol Stream
Clarendon Hills
Downers Grove
Elk Grove Village
Elmhurst
Glendale Heights
Hanover Park
Hinsdale
Glen Ellyn
Glenwood
Itasca
Lemont
Lombard
Naperville
Oak Brook
Oakbrook Terrace
Roselle
St. Charles: Read coverage here
Villa Park
Westmont
Wheaton: Read coverage here
Willowbrook
Winfield
Woodridge

Grundy County

Braceville
Braidwood
Carbon Hill
Channahon
Coal City
Diamond
Dwight
Gardner
Mazon
Morris: Read coverage here
Minooka
Seneca
South Wilmington

Henry County

Atkinson
Colona
Galva
Geneseo
Kewanee

Iroquois County

Cissna Park
Clifton
Chebanse

Jo Daviess County

Elizabeth
Stockton

Kane County

Kankakee County

Kendall County

Lake County

La Salle County

Lee County

McHenry County

Ogle County

Byron
Davis Junction
Forreston
Leaf River
Mount Morris
Oregon
Polo
Stillman Valley

Rock Island County

Andalusia
Coal Valley
East Moline
Milan
Moline
Rapids City
Rock Island
Silvis

Whiteside County

Albany
Erie
Morrison
Prophetstown
Rock Falls
Sterling: Read coverage here
Tampico

Will County

Illinois Bureau County DePue Ladd Princeton Spring Valley Carroll County Mount Carroll Cook County Lee County Dixon McHenry County Whiteside County Morrison Rock Falls DeKalb County Genoa Shabbona DuPage County Batavia Carol Stream Clarendon Hills Downers Grove Hinsdale Glen Ellyn Westmont Wheaton Woodridge Grundy County Minooka Seneca Kane County Algonquin East Dundee Elburn Hampshire Huntley Montgomery North Aurora Pingree Grove South Elgin Sugar Grove Iroquois County Kankakee County Kendall Yorkville Lake County Barrington Buffalo Grove Grayslake Lake Zurich La Salle County La Salle Mendota Peru Will County Shorewood Wilmington Bull Valley Marengo Spring Grove Schaumburg South Barrington Stickney Henry County Sterling Explainer North Chicago Will County Front Headlines Sauk Valley Front Headlines Ogle County McHenry County Front Headlines Lee County La Salle Lake County Journal Front Headlines Kendall County Front Headlines Kankakee County Front Headlines Ogle County Front Headlines Grundy County Front Headlines DuPage and Cook County Front Headlines Illinois Valley Front Headlines Elgin Elmhurst Western Springs Malta Sycamore Aurora Bolingbrook Naperville Itasca Oak Brook St. Charles Villa Park Willowbrook Braidwood Channahon Morris Coal City Iroquois County Batavia Campton Hills Carpentersville Geneva Gilberts West Dundee Bradley Kankakee Kankakee County Manteno Momence Joliet Minooka Bourbonnais Newark Plainfield Antioch Fox River Grove Highland Park Island Lake Lake Barrington Lakemoor Libertyville Lindenhurst Long Grove Port Barrington Round Lake Round Lake Beach Vernon Hills Wauconda Waukegan Leland Seneca Sheridan Streator Amboy Algonquin Cary Algonquin Crystal Lake Harvard Fox River Grove Huntley Woodstock Wonder Lake Spring Grove Prairie Grove Polo Crest Hill Frankfort Homer Glen Lemont Lockport Manhattan New Lenox Utica

Claire O'Brien

Claire O'Brien is a reporter who focuses on Huntley, Lake in the Hills, Woodstock, Marengo and the McHenry County Board. Feel free to email her at cobrien@shawmedia.com.