The City of Crystal Lake's local sales tax brought in $5,040,729 in 2016, according to Illinois State Comptroller revenue data. Crystal Lake, population 40,743, relied on its local sales tax to contribute 7 percent of total revenue that year.
Crystal Lake levies a 0.75 percent sales tax.
McHenry Times analyzed the sales tax collections in Crystal Lake and found it generated a total of $5,040,729 in tax revenue in 2016, the equivalent of 7 percent spent by local government.
Below is a list of Crystal Lake's local tax revenue.
Municipality
Population
Local sales tax rate
2016 revenue from sales tax
Percent of total revenue
City of Crystal Lake
40,743
0.75%
$5,040,729
7%