Cook County property tax
Barrington Township property tax appeal guide
Your township: Barrington
Cook County Assessor
Window closed September 23, 2026 Official Cook County Assessor source ↗
Board of Review
Deadline: December 8, 2026 · 29 days remaining Official Board of Review source ↗
Barrington Township: the Board of Review is accepting appeals through December 8, 2026.
File with the Cook County Board of Review · $0 filing fee ↗Latest published calendar source date: November 6, 2026.
When were the calendar records checked?
- Cook County Assessor: last retrieved .
- Board of Review: last retrieved .
These are separate source retrievals, not editorial reviews or a guarantee that filing is open. A published source date can be older than its retrieval date. Missing dates do not mean there is no deadline.
Barrington Township covers more area than the village that shares its name, and the assessment calendar follows the township rather than the municipality in a mailing address. The township, one of the county's smaller townships by recent sales volume, was reassessed for 2025 and is next scheduled for 2028. A Board of Review window opens for Barrington Township every year, including the years between reassessments.
Cities and villages in Barrington Township
Property addresses in Barrington Township most often list these cities:
- Barrington — 1,688 single-family parcels (37% of this township's single-family parcels)
- South Barrington — 1,274 single-family parcels (28% of this township's single-family parcels)
- Barrington Hills — 690 single-family parcels (15% of this township's single-family parcels)
- Hoffman Estates — 612 single-family parcels (13% of this township's single-family parcels)
- Inverness — 319 single-family parcels (7% of this township's single-family parcels)
A city can span more than one township, so confirm your township on your assessment notice or the Cook County Assessor's site.
Recent home sales in Barrington Township
From August 11, 2024 through August 11, 2026, the comparison pool contains 347 recorded single-family sales.
- Median sale price: $710,000
- Middle-half sale price range (25th–75th percentile): $531,450–$1,107,500
- Median sale price per square foot: $298
- Median building size: 2,475 square feet
- Median year built: 1978
These are recorded single-family sales used as comparison evidence, not an estimate of any home's value.
Evidence to review
- Confirm the township in the county record before collecting evidence, because the place name in a mailing address does not establish the assessment calendar.
- If only a small set of neighborhood sales is available, rank the candidates by physical similarity and sale date rather than choosing on price alone.
- For an older recorded sale, check whether later changes to the land or building limit what that transaction can demonstrate.
- Review the Assessor's land and improvement entries independently, including the dimensions and features used for each proposed comparison.
To check property facts on the county map, follow our CookViewer property comparison walkthrough. Keep assessment values separate from recorded sale prices.
Official sources
Cook County Assessor calendar · Cook County Board of Review appeals
You file directly with Cook County for free. We provide optional research, not representation or guaranteed savings.
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Guide revision dates describe changes to this guidance. County calendar retrievals are shown separately above; confirm filing dates with the office receiving your appeal.