Staunton homeowners paid property taxes at 1.1% of their home values during the fourth quarter of 2025, a rate more than 1.2 times the national average, according to BlockShopper.com.
Based on sales data for the 28 properties sold in this period, the city’s median home price was $149,950. The median property tax bill for Staunton in 2025 was $1,604, equal to 1.1% of the median value for taxed homes.
The national average for effective property tax rates stood at 0.888% in 2024.
Within Macoupin County, Palmyra, Shipman, and Girard ranked as the top three cities with the highest effective property tax rates.
This article calculates 2025’s effective property tax rate with estimated inflation data and 2023 county tax figures. Actual rates may differ slightly in some instances.
U.S. home prices continued rising in 2025, with the national median reaching about $447,000 in June, up 1.13% from the previous year, Redfin reports. Redfin data also point to a gap between supply and demand, as there are 36% more sellers than buyers, or a difference of 508,715 homes. By Redfin’s standards, a market is balanced if the difference between sellers and buyers does not exceed 10%.
The table below shows a comparison of Palmyra and other cities in Macoupin County by their median effective property tax rate, based on Q4 2025 sales and tax data.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmyra | 3 | $7,500 | $805 | 10.7% |
| Shipman | 2 | $34,125 | $1,291 | 3.8% |
| Girard | 7 | $50,000 | $1,493 | 3% |
| Bunker Hill | 7 | $105,900 | $2,161 | 2% |
| Mount Olive | 10 | $75,000 | $1,508 | 2% |
| Virden | 17 | $100,000 | $1,655 | 1.7% |
| Brighton | 9 | $148,000 | $2,426 | 1.6% |
| Carlinville | 21 | $132,000 | $1,840 | 1.4% |
| Wilsonville | 4 | $62,353 | $794 | 1.3% |
| Gillespie | 13 | $107,500 | $1,297 | 1.2% |
| Staunton | 28 | $149,950 | $1,604 | 1.1% |
| Benld | 9 | $87,000 | $852 | 1% |
| Medora | 2 | $120,450 | $957 | 0.8% |