Analysis: Sales tax funded 1 percent of City of Rochelle budget in 2016

By Local Labs News Service

Jun 30, 2017

The City of Rochelle's local sales tax brought in $933,473 in 2016, according to Illinois State Comptroller revenue data. Rochelle, population 9,539, relied on its local sales tax to contribute 1 percent of total revenue that year.

Rochelle levies a 0.75 percent sales tax. The average of one suburbs in Ogle County is 0.75. The high is 0.75 percent; the low is 0.75 percent.

NW Illinois News analyzed the sales tax collections in one Ogle County suburbs and found they generated a total of $933,473 in tax revenue in 2016. That was the equivalent of 1% spent by local government.

Below is a list of Ogle County municipalities' local tax revenue.

Municipality

Population

Local sales tax rate

2016 revenue from sales tax

Percent of total revenue

City of Rochelle

9,539

0.75%

$933,473

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

City of Rochelle• Ogle County