Worth Township's 2026 reassessment notices went out September 1, and the Assessor's appeal window closed October 15, 2026; the Board of Review's Worth window comes next. Across 57,017 homes, the median assessment rose 22.2% from the final 2025 value, and 96.9% of homes went up. Worth covers Oak Lawn, Palos Heights, Palos Hills, Chicago Ridge, Alsip, Evergreen Park, Worth, Merrionette Park, Hometown, Blue Island in part, and slices of Bridgeview, Crestwood and Orland Park.
The numbers
| Worth Township, residential | |
|---|---|
| Homes reassessed | 57,017 |
| Median change, 2025 final to 2026 notice | +22.2% |
| Total assessed value change | +22.4% |
| Homes that went up | 96.9% |
| Median 2026 assessed value | $25,000 (about $250,000 market value) |
| Median 2025 composite tax rate | 11.28% of equalized value (ranges 7.6% to 14.4% by tax code) |
| Assessor appeal window | September 1 – October 15, 2026 |
| Board of Review window | not yet published; typically opens after the Assessor certifies the township |
What 22% means on a Worth bill
Take the median home: $25,000 assessed, times the 3.03 state equalizer, is $75,750 of equalized value. At Worth's median 2025 rate of 11.28% that is about $8,540 of gross tax, less about $1,130 for the Homeowner Exemption, so roughly $7,400. A 22% higher assessment does not become a 22% higher bill, because the rate is recomputed when the levies are divided by the new, larger township base. What moves your bill is how your increase compares with your neighbors'. A home that rose 35% in a township that rose 22% will pay a bigger share of the same levy.
What Worth appeals did last year
County-published outcomes for all residential appeals in Worth Township for tax year 2025, every appellant, represented or not, counted by appeal (a condominium building's units, decided together, count once):
| Venue | Appeals decided | Received a reduction | Average cut (of assessed value, winners) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessor | 4,720 | 562 (11.9%) | 7.8% |
| Board of Review | 5,484 | 2,254 (41.1%) | 8.5% |
Two things to read from that. The Board of Review reduced three and a half times the share of appeals that the Assessor did, so the Assessor window is the first attempt, not the only one. And an 8% cut on the median home is about $2,000 of assessed value, which at Worth's rate is roughly $680 a year, for three years until the next reassessment.
How to appeal your Worth assessment at the Board of Review
- Check the property characteristics on your notice against the house. Square footage, number of bathrooms, basement, garage and exterior type all feed the model.
- Compare against similar homes. The strongest residential argument in Cook County is lack of uniformity: your assessed value per square foot is higher than comparable homes in your neighborhood code. Our free property check pulls the comparables from the county's own data and shows the gap.
- File at the Board of Review when Worth's window opens, attaching the comparables; the Board and the Assessor are independent, and the Board decides on its own review.
- Do not confuse exemptions with appeals. A missing Homeowner ($10,000 of equalized value) or Senior ($8,000) exemption is fixed with a Certificate of Error, and the second-installment bill due October 1 is where you check it.
We are in Palos Heights, in Worth Township, and file for owners here every cycle. Our fee is 25% of the first year's savings, nothing if there is no reduction. Enter your address to see where your home sits against the ones around it, or see every township's current dates.
