Nauvoo homeowners paid property taxes equivalent to 2.6% of their property values in the fourth quarter of 2025. That rate is more than three times the national average, according to BlockShopper.com.
During this period, Nauvoo’s median home sold for $98,000, based on the five properties purchased. The city’s median property tax bill for 2025 was $2,571, which represented 2.6% of the typical assessed home value.
The typical effective property tax rate in the United States for 2024 stood at 0.888%.
Plymouth, Nauvoo and Warsaw posted the highest property tax rates among Hancock County cities.
This article’s calculation of the 2025 effective property tax rate relies on estimates for inflation, combined with county-provided tax data for 2023. Actual rates in some cases may differ slightly.
U.S. home prices rose further in 2025, and in June the national median price reached about $447,000. This marks a 1.13% increase over the preceding year, Redfin reports. The data also points to a lingering imbalance in the market, with 36% more homes for sale than there are buyers, or a difference of 508,715 homes. Redfin classifies a market as balanced if the number of sellers and buyers are within 10% of each other.
The table below shows the median effective property tax rates for Plymouth and select other cities in Hancock County, based on home sales and tax records from the fourth quarter of 2025.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | 2 | $21,000 | $590 | 2.8% |
| Nauvoo | 5 | $98,000 | $2,571 | 2.6% |
| Warsaw | 8 | $93,500 | $1,939 | 2.1% |
| Hamilton | 10 | $115,000 | $2,146 | 1.9% |
| La Harpe | 4 | $81,500 | $1,460 | 1.8% |
| Carthage | 8 | $117,500 | $2,013 | 1.7% |
| Augusta | 4 | $139,000 | $1,200 | 0.9% |