Pontoon Beach levies a 0 percent sales tax. The average of three suburbs in Madison County is 0.83. The high is 1.5 percent; the low is 0 percent.
Metro East Sun analyzed the sales tax collections in three Madison County suburbs and found they generated a total of $7,311,117 in tax revenue in 2016. That was the equivalent of 6% 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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