Metro East Sun

Metro-East area taxpayers would see a total of $117 million in state income tax increases if a tax hike measure passed by the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate becomes law.

The community in Metro-East that would see the largest increase is Edwardsville, with a $12.7 million total increase and a $905 average increase.

Other communities that would see the large collective increases include O'Fallon ($10 million), Collinsville ($7.8 million), Granite City/Pontoon Beach ($7.7 million) and North Belleville/Swansea ($7.5 million).

Taxpayers from St. Jacob ($891), Maryville ($855), Glen Carbon ($820) and Smithton ($814) would see the highest average increases.

Led by Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago), Democrats passed the individual income tax hike last week-- from 3.75 percent to 4.95 percent-- along with a broader set of tax increases on businesses.

If their projections prove correct, individual Illinois taxpayers will send an additional $4.453 billion to Springfield each year as a result of the higher rates. Businesses will pay another $1 billon.

LGIS looked at 2014 income taxes paid by zip code to create a ranking of the highest-paying Metro-East communities.

Its analysis looked at the percentage of total state income taxes paid by zip code, as reported by the Illinois Department of Revenue. It then applied that percentage to the amount Senate Democrats expect their tax hike will raise to calculate an average increase.

The analysis used 2014 tax return data, which is the latest available and also represents a year in which state income taxes were higher-- five percent, or approximately the level to which the Democrats are hoping to raise them.

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Top income tax-paying communities in the Metro-East

Which communities pay the highest income taxes in Madison & St. Clair Counties?

Ranking	Communities	Zip	Average State Income Tax Increase	Total Returns filed by Zip
1	Edwardsville	62025	$905	14,035
2	St. Jacob	62281	$891	1,153
3	Maryville	62062	$855	3,765
4	Glen Carbon	62034	$820	6,257
5	Smithton	62285	$814	2,049
6	Millstadt	62260	$727	3,504
7	O'Fallon	62269	$727	13,840
8	Hamel	62046	$716	415
9	Troy	62294	$709	6,495
10	Highland	62249	$699	7,461
11	Moro	62067	$674	1,109
12	Worden	62097	$673	1,276
13	Dorsey	62021	$662	431
14	Freeburg	62243	$646	2,760
15	St. Libory	62282	$642	299
16	Belleville (West)	62223	$640	7,784
17	Alhambra	62001	$631	811
18	Marine	62061	$630	813
19	Godfrey	62035	$622	7,196
20	Belleville (East) / Shiloh	62221	$615	11,482
21	New Douglas	62074	$607	460
22	Mascoutah	62258	$593	4,155
23	Belleville (North) / Swansea	62226	$593	12,697
24	Lebanon	62254	$592	2,320
25	New Athens	62264	$588	1,504
26	Caseyville	62232	$581	2,876
27	Bethalto	62010	$572	4,908
28	Belleville (South)	62220	$541	8,146
29	Collinsville	62234	$536	14,516
30	Fairview Heights	62208	$517	7,653
31	Marissa	62257	$515	1,245
32	Alton / Godfrey	62002	$486	12,833
33	East Alton / Rosewood Heights	62024	$460	4,077
34	Kendall Hill	62095	$445	4,801
35	Wood River	62095	$445	4,801
36	Dupo	62239	$443	2,018
37	Granite City / Pontoon Beach	62040	$436	17,548
38	Lenzburg	62255	$432	475
39	Roxana	62084	$402	662
40	Livingston	62058	$393	325
41	Hartford	62048	$390	566
42	South Roxana	62087	$352	765
43	Madison	62060	$283	1,486
44	Cahokia	62206	$277	4,575
45	Venice	62090	$256	360
46	East St. Louis (West)	62201	$234	1,848
47	Fairmont City	62201	$234	1,848
48	Centreville	62203	$226	2,266
49	East St. Louis (Central)	62203	$226	2,266
50	East St. Louis (East)	62205	$218	2,492
51	Centreville / Alorton	62207	$213	2,220
52	Brooklyn	62059	$201	196
53	Washington Park	62204	$188	1,748

Source: Illinois Department of Revenue; Blockshopper.com

How much more will your community pay?

If state income taxes are increased to 4.95 percent from 3.75 percent, how much more will taxpayers in your community pay for state government?

Ranking	Communities	Zip	Estimated State Income Tax Increase
1	Edwardsville	62025	$12,696,429
2	O'Fallon	62269	$10,054,868
3	Collinsville	62234	$7,776,283
4	Granite City / Pontoon Beach	62040	$7,657,554
5	Belleville (North) / Swansea	62226	$7,529,303
6	Belleville (East) / Shiloh	62221	$7,057,673
7	Alton / Godfrey	62002	$6,237,881
8	Highland	62249	$5,218,796
9	Glen Carbon	62034	$5,129,936
10	Belleville (West)	62223	$4,977,909
11	Troy	62294	$4,602,461
12	Godfrey	62035	$4,474,376
13	Belleville (South)	62220	$4,409,507
14	Fairview Heights	62208	$3,957,113
15	Maryville	62062	$3,218,088
16	Bethalto	62010	$2,808,741
17	Millstadt	62260	$2,548,863
18	Mascoutah	62258	$2,465,728
19	Kendall Hill	62095	$2,134,080
20	Wood River	62095	$2,134,080
21	East Alton / Rosewood Heights	62024	$1,873,608
22	Freeburg	62243	$1,782,106
23	Caseyville	62232	$1,669,919
24	Smithton	62285	$1,668,119
25	Lebanon	62254	$1,374,019
26	Cahokia	62206	$1,267,784
27	St. Jacob	62281	$1,026,777
28	Dupo	62239	$894,191
29	New Athens	62264	$884,523
30	Worden	62097	$858,708
31	Moro	62067	$747,377
32	Marissa	62257	$641,507
33	East St. Louis (East)	62205	$543,353
34	Marine	62061	$512,344
35	Alhambra	62001	$511,704
36	Centreville	62203	$511,195
37	East St. Louis (Central)	62203	$511,195
38	Centreville / Alorton	62207	$473,514
39	East St. Louis (West)	62201	$432,528
40	Fairmont City	62201	$432,528
41	Madison	62060	$420,274
42	Washington Park	62204	$327,917
43	Hamel	62046	$297,267
44	Dorsey	62021	$285,313
45	New Douglas	62074	$279,206
46	South Roxana	62087	$269,261
47	Roxana	62084	$266,419
48	Hartford	62048	$220,801
49	Lenzburg	62255	$205,335
50	St. Libory	62282	$192,066
51	Livingston	62058	$127,887
52	Venice	62090	$92,247
53	Brooklyn	62059	$39,474
	TOTAL		$116,725,224

Sources: Illinois Department of Revenue; Blockshopper.com; Illinois Senate Democrats

*Assumes tax increase will meet Senate Democrats' projections.