Chester Township property tax rate

Wells County, Indiana · 2026 rates

Combined rate, 2026

1.1243per $100 of assessed value

1 tax area · 5 taxing units each

Why the rate depends on the address

An Indiana property is taxed by every unit its tax district covers: the county, the township, the city or town if it's in one, the school corporation, the library and any special districts. All of Chester Township shares the same combination.

Your tax bill, or your county's appraisal or assessment office, lists the units for your property.

How Chester Township compares

  • Chester Township's combined rate, 1.1243 per $100, is below the Wells County median of 1.286 and below the Indiana median of 1.7805.
  • The combined rate rose 1.9% from 2022 (1.1029) to 2026 (1.1243).

Medians are of the lowest combined rate in each place, across 13 places in Wells County. Percent changes compare two published rates; a rate change isn't the same as a bill change, because values change too.

What's in the rate

Chester

Taxing unitRateShare
Wells CountyCounty 0.234421%
Chester TownshipTownship 0.0202%
Southern Wells Community School CorpSchool district 0.804272%
Wells County Public LibraryLibrary 0.05965%
Wells County Solid Waste DistrictSpecial district 0.00611%
CombinedTotal as published 1.1243100%

Rates are per $100 of assessed value. Shares show how much of the combined rate each unit makes up.

Estimate your 2026 bill

Use the net assessed value from your notice, after deductions such as the homestead deductions.

Estimated annual tax before unit-specific exemptions

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Indiana caps a bill at 1% of gross assessed value for a homestead, 2% for other residential property and farmland, and 3% for other property. If this estimate is above your cap, expect the cap instead.

Combined rate by year

Tax district2022202320252026
Chester1.10291.04311.03281.1243

Combined rate per $100 of assessed value, as published for each year. A dash means no rate is on file for that year, or the district changed.

Other places in Wells County

How property tax works in Indiana

Our Indiana property tax guide covers how assessments and rates work, when bills are due, relief programs and how to appeal.

Where these rates come from

Source: Indiana Department of Local Government Finance, 2026 Certified Tax Rates by District. Retrieved 2026-10-27.

Rates are shown exactly as published. Where the state doesn't publish a combined total, the combined figure is the sum of the published unit rates and is labelled that way. Spotted an error? Email [email protected].