Chicago City Wire

Chicago taxpayers would see a total of $895 million in state income tax increases if a tax hike measure passed by the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate becomes law.

The Chicago neighborhoods that would see the largest collective increases include Mag Mile ($89.8 million), Lincoln Park ($89.4 million), Lake View ($55.2 million) and Gold Coast ($41.5 million).

Taxpayers from the South Central Loop ($7,915), the Mag Mile ($5,052), the East Central Loop ($4,542), the West Central Loop ($4,079) and the Central Loop ($2,764) 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 Chicago neighborhoods.

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 neighborhoods in Chicago

Which neighborhoods pay the highest state income taxes in Chicago?

Ranking	Communities	Zip	Average State Income Tax Increase	Total Returns filed by Zip
1	Loop (South Central)	60604	$7,915	659
2	Mag Mile	60611	$5,052	17,771
3	Loop (East Central)	60603	$4,542	1,316
4	Loop (West Central)	60606	$4,079	2,408
5	Loop (Central)	60602	$2,764	1,386
6	Lincoln Park	60614	$2,549	35,054
7	Loop (North Central)	60601	$2,506	7,069
8	River North	60654	$2,193	11,007
9	Gold Coast	60610	$1,986	20,883
10	South Loop	60605	$1,532	12,069
11	West Loop	60661	$1,465	6,141
12	West Loop/Little Italy	60607	$1,424	12,313
13	Lake View	60657	$1,389	39,724
14	Wrigleyville / Buena Park	60613	$1,169	27,816
15	Wicker Park / Ukrainian Village	60622	$1,127	26,559
16	Edgebrook/ Jefferson Park	60646	$965	12,868
17	Edison Park / Norwood Park	60631	$811	14,667
18	Roscoe Village / North Center	60618	$807	41,481
19	Mt. Greenwood	60655	$782	13,442
20	Uptown / Andersonville	60640	$775	32,406
21	Logan Square / Bucktown	60647	$758	39,953
22	Hyde Park / Kenwood	60615	$702	16,389
23	Lincoln Square / Ravenswood	60625	$647	34,142
24	Douglas / Near South Side	60616	$633	22,485
25	Edgewater	60660	$625	20,498
26	Beverly / Morgan Park	60643	$599	20,535
27	Union Ridge / O'Hare	60656	$594	14,044
28	Jefferson Park / Forest Glen	60630	$569	25,795
29	West Rogers Park / West Ridge	60645	$559	19,192
30	Hyde Park / Woodlawn	60637	$555	15,214
31	Garfield Ridge / Clearing	60638	$546	25,906
32	Near West Side / East Garfield Park	60612	$538	12,495
33	Rogers Park	60626	$503	21,168
34	North Park	60659	$498	16,450
35	Old Irving Park / Portage Park	60641	$481	31,837
36	Dunning / Belmont Heights	60634	$471	36,270
37	Ashburn	60652	$466	17,569
38	Oakland / Bronzeville	60653	$458	10,515
39	Hegewisch / South Deering	60633	$445	4,981
40	Lower West Side / Pilsen	60608	$425	27,697
41	Back of the Yards / Canaryville	60609	$369	21,483
42	South Chicago / Calumet Heights	60617	$348	29,243
43	Chicago Lawn / West Lawn	60629	$339	42,644
44	South Shore	60649	$338	15,303
45	Chatham / Greater Grand Crossing	60619	$325	23,287
46	Archer Heights / Brighton Park	60632	$322	33,814
47	Belmont Cragin / Belmont Central	60639	$316	35,026
48	Roseland / West Pullman	60628	$299	24,029
49	Auburn Gresham	60620	$297	24,548
50	Humboldt Park	60651	$286	22,860
51	Little Village / North Lawndale	60623	$272	28,327
52	Austin	60644	$264	15,483
53	West Garfield Park	60624	$246	11,529
54	West Englewood	60636	$223	11,522
55	Englewood	60621	$219	8,718

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	Mag Mile	60611	$89,776,628
2	Lincoln Park	60614	$89,363,243
3	Lake View	60657	$55,166,864
4	Gold Coast	60610	$41,464,448
5	Roscoe Village / North Center	60618	$33,470,510
6	Wrigleyville / Buena Park	60613	$32,519,087
7	Logan Square / Bucktown	60647	$30,275,558
8	Wicker Park / Ukrainian Village	60622	$29,942,582
9	Uptown / Andersonville	60640	$25,113,993
10	River North	60654	$24,134,889
11	Lincoln Square / Ravenswood	60625	$22,080,031
12	South Loop	60605	$18,490,028
13	Loop (North Central)	60601	$17,718,109
14	West Loop/Little Italy	60607	$17,531,637
15	Dunning / Belmont Heights	60634	$17,073,445
16	Old Irving Park / Portage Park	60641	$15,309,590
17	Jefferson Park / Forest Glen	60630	$14,681,648
18	Chicago Lawn / West Lawn	60629	$14,465,416
19	Douglas / Near South Side	60616	$14,231,523
20	Garfield Ridge / Clearing	60638	$14,133,399
21	Edgewater	60660	$12,811,475
22	Edgebrook/ Jefferson Park	60646	$12,419,815
23	Beverly / Morgan Park	60643	$12,300,855
24	Edison Park / Norwood Park	60631	$11,899,044
25	Lower West Side / Pilsen	60608	$11,770,002
26	Hyde Park / Kenwood	60615	$11,506,045
27	Belmont Cragin / Belmont Central	60639	$11,079,495
28	Archer Heights / Brighton Park	60632	$10,876,547
29	West Rogers Park / West Ridge	60645	$10,732,141
30	Rogers Park	60626	$10,643,114
31	Mt. Greenwood	60655	$10,508,203
32	South Chicago / Calumet Heights	60617	$10,180,307
33	Loop (West Central)	60606	$9,821,771
34	West Loop	60661	$8,997,203
35	Hyde Park / Woodlawn	60637	$8,440,728
36	Union Ridge / O'Hare	60656	$8,348,793
37	North Park	60659	$8,196,044
38	Ashburn	60652	$8,179,944
39	Back of the Yards / Canaryville	60609	$7,922,087
40	Little Village / North Lawndale	60623	$7,718,736
41	Chatham / Greater Grand Crossing	60619	$7,574,315
42	Auburn Gresham	60620	$7,288,777
43	Roseland / West Pullman	60628	$7,179,547
44	Near West Side / East Garfield Park	60612	$6,721,303
45	Humboldt Park	60651	$6,530,496
46	Loop (East Central)	60603	$5,977,289
47	Loop (South Central)	60604	$5,215,773
48	South Shore	60649	$5,170,044
49	Oakland / Bronzeville	60653	$4,813,700
50	Austin	60644	$4,093,767
51	Loop (Central)	60602	$3,830,784
52	West Garfield Park	60624	$2,836,156
53	West Englewood	60636	$2,570,731
54	Hegewisch / South Deering	60633	$2,218,156
55	Englewood	60621	$1,912,212
	TOTAL		$895,228,027

Sources: Illinois Department of Revenue; Blockshopper.com; Illinois Senate Democrats

*Assumes tax increase will meet Senate Democrats' projections.