Chambana Sun

Fifty-eight University of Illinois fraternities and sororities will pay $814,000 more in property taxes this year than they did in 2015, according to Champaign County Assessor data analyzed by the Chambana Sun.

That’s an average of approximately $14,000 each.

All told, the U of I Greek System now pays $2.2 million in property taxes, up from $1.3 million in 2015.

Champaign County estimates the 58 fraternity and sorority houses are worth a collective $69.4 million.

The effective property tax rate for all of U of I’s fraternity and sorority houses is 3.1 percent, or more than three times the national average of 0.9 percent.

Pi Kappa Alpha ($108,183 per year), Theta Xi ($74,049) and Phi Kappa Psi ($72,972), all fraternities, pay the top bills.

Delta Delta Delta ($49,238), Kappa Alpha Theta ($47,233) and Pi Beta Phi ($46,633) pay the most of all sororities.

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How much more U of I fraternities pay in property taxes

Name	Address	Market Value	2017 taxes	2015 taxes	Change
Alpha Kappa Lambda	401 E. Daniel Street	$539,424	$16,245	$2,763	487.95%
Phi Kappa Psi	911 S. 4th Street	$2,422,952	$72,972	$19,432	275.52%
Alpha Chi Rho*	311 E. Armory Avenue	$861,626	$25,950	$10,885	138.40%
Phi Kappa Theta	1106 S. 3rd Street	$1,170,027	$35,238	$14,879	136.83%
Kappa Sigma	212 E. Daniel Street	$1,399,910	$42,161	$18,615	126.49%
Lambda Chi Alpha	209 E. Armory Avenue	$1,386,979	$41,772	$18,532	125.40%
Kappa Delta Rho	1110 S. 2nd Street	$957,185	$28,828	$12,961	122.42%
Acacia Fraternity	302 E. Armory Avenue	$577,498	$17,392	$7,839	121.87%
Alpha Gamma Rho	58 E. Gregory Street	$1,513,292	$45,576	$20,929	117.76%
Delta Chi	1111 S. 1st Street	$1,471,077	$44,304	$20,743	113.59%
Delta Tau Delta	401 E. John Street	$1,724,003	$51,921	$24,389	112.89%
Psi Upsilon	313 E. Armory Avenue	$965,917	$29,091	$13,723	111.99%
Delta Upsilon	312 E. Armory Avenue	$1,220,852	$36,768	$17,461	110.57%
Alpha Gamma Sigma	303 E. Chalmers Street	$1,210,081	$36,444	$17,509	108.14%
Sigma Alpha Epsilon	211 E. Daniel Street	$924,782	$27,852	$13,434	107.32%
Beta Theta Pi*	202 E. Daniel Street	$1,544,315	$46,510	$22,689	104.99%
Theta Chi	303 E. John Street	$1,150,525	$34,650	$17,696	95.81%
Sigma Alpha Mu	301 E. Armory Avenue	$1,123,672	$33,842	$17,355	95.00%
Delta Sigma Phi	105 E. Armory Avenue	$1,034,503	$31,156	$15,983	94.93%
Sigma Phi Delta	302 E. Gregory Drive	$630,903	$19,001	$9,839	93.12%
Sigma Phi Epsilon	1105 S. 4th Street	$1,071,467	$32,269	$16,803	92.04%
Triangle	112 E. Daniel Street	$1,284,398	$38,682	$20,651	87.31%
Phi Sigma Kappa	1004 S. 2nd Street	$986,109	$29,699	$15,873	87.10%
Alpha Rho Chi	1108 S. First	$862,916	$25,988	$13,950	86.29%
Acacia Fraternity Annex	1010 S. 3rd Street	$714,102	$21,507	$11,556	86.11%
Sigma Chi	410 E. John Street	$1,484,608	$44,712	$25,803	73.28%
Phi Gamma Delta*	201 E. John Street	$2,387,999	$71,919	$42,511	69.18%
Pi Delta Theta	309 E. Chalmers Street	$908,701	$27,367	$16,662	64.25%
Alpha Sigma Phi	211 E. Armory Avenue	$2,080,828	$62,668	$38,403	63.19%
Zeta Beta Tau	907 S. 4th Street	$2,317,101	$69,784	$43,521	60.35%
Alpha Epsilon Pi	110 E. Chalmers Street	$2,115,422	$63,710	$40,590	56.96%
Pi Kappa Phi	306 E. Gregory Drive	$1,049,385	$31,604	$22,899	38.01%
Theta Xi	205 E. Armory Avenue	$2,458,716	$74,049	$53,680	37.95%
Pi Kappa Alpha	102 E. Chalmers Street	$3,592,079	$108,183	$80,769	33.94%
Alpha Tau Omega	1101 W. Pennsylvania Avenue	$782,928	$25,440	$23,942	6.26%
Sigma Nu	1009 W. Pennsylvania Avenue	$635,913	$20,663	$19,447	6.25%
Farmhouse	809 W. Pennsylvania Avenue	$690,699	$24,604	$24,739	-0.55%
Nabor House	1002 S. Lincoln Avenue	$1,553,766	$55,348	$55,652	-0.55%
Chi Psi	606 W. Ohio Street	$412,752	$14,703	$14,784	-0.55%
Beta Sigma Psi	706 W. Ohio Street	$538,614	$19,186	$19,292	-0.55%
	TOTAL	$51,758,026	$1,579,758	$919,183	71.87%

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How much more U of I sororities pay in property taxes

Name	Address	Market Value	2017 taxes	2015 taxes	Change
Alpha Xi Delta	313 E. Chalmers Street	$1,099,370	$33,110	$14,361	130.55%
Pi Beta Phi	1005 S. Wright Street	$1,548,395	$46,633	$20,765	124.58%
Phi Sigma Sigma	902 S. 2nd Street	$1,342,724	$40,439	$19,116	111.55%
Delta Delta Delta	508 E. Chalmers Street	$1,634,894	$49,238	$23,517	109.37%
Alpha Phi	508 E. Armory Avenue	$1,167,237	$35,154	$17,942	95.93%
Chi Omega	907 S. Wright Street	$965,856	$29,089	$14,891	95.35%
Kappa Alpha Theta	611 E. Daniel Street	$1,568,317	$47,233	$28,668	64.76%
Alpha Epsilon Phi	904 S. 3rd Street	$949,385	$28,593	$17,607	62.40%
4th House Cooperative	805 W. Ohio Street	$406,480	$14,480	$13,114	10.42%
Kappa Kappa Gamma	1102 S. Lincoln Avenue	$695,979	$24,792	$24,591	0.82%
Alpha Delta Phi	1202 W. Nevada Street	$583,618	$20,790	$20,903	-0.54%
Gamma Phi Beta	1110 W. Nevada Street	$642,154	$22,875	$23,000	-0.54%
Delta Zeta	710 W. Ohio Street	$701,920	$25,004	$25,141	-0.54%
Alpha Omicron Pi	706 S. Mathews Avenue	$776,597	$27,664	$27,816	-0.55%
Sigma Delta Tau	1104 W. Nevada Street	$536,153	$19,099	$19,204	-0.55%
Alpha Chi Omega	904 S. Lincoln Avenue	$658,476	$23,456	$23,585	-0.55%
Delta Gamma	1207 W. Nevada Street	$765,617	$27,273	$27,423	-0.55%
Kappa Delta	1204 S. Lincoln Avenue	$724,662	$25,814	$25,956	-0.55%
Alpha Gamma Delta	1106 S. Lincoln Avenue	$942,514	$33,574	$33,759	-0.55%
	TOTAL	$17,710,348	$574,310	$421,359	36.30%