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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

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.

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

Carroll County

Cook County

  • Alsip
  • Arlington Heights
  • Barrington
  • Bedford Park
  • Bellwood
  • Berkeley
  • Berwyn
  • Blue Island
  • Bridgeview
  • Broadview
  • Brookfield
  • Buffalo Grove
  • Burbank
  • Burnham
  • Calumet City
  • Calumet Park
  • Chicago Heights
  • Chicago Ridge
  • Cicero
  • Country Club Hills
  • Countryside
  • Crestwood
  • Deerfield
  • Deer Park
  • Des Plaines
  • Dolton
  • East Dundee
  • Elgin
  • Elk Grove Village
  • Elmhurst
  • Elmwood Park
  • Evanston
  • Evergreen Park
  • Flossmoor
  • Ford Heights
  • Forest Park
  • Forest View
  • Frankfort
  • Franklin Park
  • Glencoe
  • Glenview
  • Glenwood
  • Hanover Park
  • Harwood Heights
  • Hazel Crest
  • Hickory Hills
  • Hillside
  • Hinsdale
  • Hoffman Estates
  • Hodgkins
  • Homewood
  • Homer Glen
  • Indian Head Park
  • Justice
  • LaGrange
  • LaGrange Park
  • Lansing
  • Lemont
  • Lincolnwood
  • Lynwood
  • Lyons
  • Markham
  • Matteson
  • Melrose Park
  • Merrionette Park
  • Midlothian
  • Morton Grove
  • Mount Prospect
  • Niles
  • Norridge
  • Northbrook
  • Northfield
  • Northlake
  • North Riverside
  • Oak Brook
  • Oak Forest
  • Oak Park
  • Oak Lawn
  • Olympia Fields
  • Orland Hills
  • Orland Park
  • Palatine
  • Palos Heights
  • Palos Hills
  • Palos Park
  • Park Forest
  • Park Ridge
  • Posen
  • Prospect Heights
  • Richton Park
  • Riverdale
  • River Forest
  • River Grove
  • Robbins
  • Rolling Meadows
  • Roselle
  • Sauk Village
  • Schaumburg
  • Schiller Park
  • Skokie
  • South Barrington
  • South Chicago Heights
  • South Holland
  • Steger
  • Stickney
  • Stone Park
  • Summit
  • Thornton
  • Tinley Park
  • Westchester
  • Western Springs
  • Wheeling
  • Wilmette
  • Winnetka
  • Woodridge
  • Worth

DeKalb County

DuPage County

Grundy County

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

Will County

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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.