De Land homeowners faced a property tax rate of 2.9% on the value of their homes in the fourth quarter of 2025. This rate was more than 3.3 times the national average, data from BlockShopper.com show.
According to data from the two properties sold during this period, the median sales price for a home in De Land in the fourth quarter was $60,000. The median city tax bill for 2025 was $1,749, representing 2.9% of the median assessed home value.
For context, the U.S. average effective property tax rate was 0.888% in 2024.
Within Piatt County, De Land, Cisco, and Mansfield ranked as the top three cities with the highest property tax rates.
This article calculated effective 2025 property tax rates using estimated inflation adjustments and county tax data from 2023. The actual effective rate for some individual properties may differ slightly.
U.S. home prices increased further in 2025, with June’s national median rising to about $447,000—reflecting a 1.13% gain over the same period a year earlier, according to Redfin. The numbers also illustrate a wide gap between supply and demand, with 36% more homes listed than buyers (a difference of 508,715 properties). By Redfin’s metric, a stable market is defined by seller and buyer counts that are within 10% of each other.
The following table provides a side-by-side comparison of median effective property tax rates for De Land and several other Piatt County cities, based on sales and tax data for the fourth quarter of 2025.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Land | 2 | $60,000 | $1,749 | 2.9% |
| Cisco | 2 | $70,500 | $1,787 | 2.5% |
| Mansfield | 3 | $120,000 | $2,977 | 2.5% |
| Hammond | 5 | $80,000 | $1,853 | 2.3% |
| Cerro Gordo | 14 | $107,500 | $2,296 | 2.1% |
| Monticello | 32 | $230,000 | $3,523 | 1.5% |
| Bement | 7 | $180,000 | $2,244 | 1.2% |
| Atwood | 2 | $165,000 | $1,985 | 1.2% |
