Urbana levies a 1.5 percent sales tax. The average of four suburbs in Champaign County is 1.12. The high is 1.5 percent; the low is 0.5 percent.
Chambana Sun analyzed the sales tax collections in four Champaign County suburbs and found they generated a total of $24,492,049 in tax revenue in 2016. That was the equivalent of 13% spent by local government.
Below is a list of Champaign County municipalities' local tax revenue.
Municipality
Population
Local sales tax rate
2016 revenue from sales tax
Percent of total revenue
City of Champaign
83,424
1.5%
$18,273,051
15%
City of Urbana
42,044
1.5%
$6,132,725
11%
Village of Ogden
743
1%
$43,579
8%
Village of Savoy
7,280
0.5%
$42,694
< 1%
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