The City of Alton's local sales tax brought in $4,380,802 in 2016, according to Illinois state comptroller revenue data. Alton, population 27,000, relied on its local sales tax to contribute 8 percent of total revenue that year.
Alton levies a 1 percent sales tax. The average of three municipalities in Madison County is 0.83 percent. The high is 1.5 percent; the low is 0 percent.
Metro East Sun analyzed the sales tax collections in three Madison County municipalities and found they generated a total of $7,311,117 in tax revenue in 2016. That was the equivalent of 6 percent spent by local government.
Below is a list of Madison County municipalities' local tax revenue.
Municipality
Population
Local sales tax rate
2016 revenue from sales tax
Percent of total revenue
City of Alton
27,000
1%
$4,380,802
8%
City of Granite City
29,860
1.5%
$2,779,983
5%
Village of Pontoon Beach
5,836
0%
$150,332
2%
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