Property owners in Chatsworth paid property taxes equal to 2.4% of their home’s value in the fourth quarter of 2025, a rate that is more than 2.7 times higher than the U.S. average, BlockShopper.com reports.
Data show the median sales price for a Chatsworth home was $75,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025, based on two properties sold in that period. For the year, the city’s median property tax bill reached $1,811, which corresponds to 2.4% of the median assessed home value.
The average effective property tax rate nationwide stood at 0.888% in 2024.
Within Livingston County, Cornell, Forrest and Chatsworth had the three highest effective property tax rates among cities.
This article calculates the 2025 effective property tax rates using estimated inflation figures and the county’s 2023 tax data; actual rates may vary somewhat from these estimates.
U.S. home prices continued rising in 2025, with the national median reaching $447,000 in June—a 1.13% increase compared to a year before, according to Redfin. Redfin’s data also indicate a sharp imbalance, where sellers outnumber buyers by 36%, or 508,715 homes. Redfin characterizes a balanced market as one where sellers and buyers are within 10% of one another.
The table below shows how Cornell compares with select other cities in Livingston County by median effective property tax rate, using Q4 2025 sales and property tax figures.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell | 6 | $55,000 | $1,960 | 3.6% |
| Forrest | 6 | $97,500 | $2,907 | 3% |
| Chatsworth | 2 | $75,000 | $1,811 | 2.4% |
| Dwight | 13 | $170,000 | $3,430 | 2% |
| Fairbury | 14 | $146,000 | $2,878 | 2% |
| Pontiac | 30 | $122,750 | $2,399 | 2% |
| Flanagan | 3 | $128,000 | $2,470 | 1.9% |
| Odell | 5 | $140,000 | $2,474 | 1.8% |
| Cullom | 4 | $139,000 | $1,777 | 1.3% |
| Saunemin | 2 | $164,000 | $1,556 | 0.9% |