Based on 34 historical restaurant appeals in Evanston Township (2022-2025), TaxRival's data shows a 47% win rate at the Board of Review with an average reduction of 18.5% when successful.
Check Your Property →Full-service restaurants, fast food, and food-service properties. Evanston Township sits in the North/Northwest Suburban triad of Cook County. Our analysis of historical Board of Review appeal outcomes (2022-2025) shows that restaurant property owners in Evanston have won reductions on 47% of filings, with an average reduction of 18.5% when the BOR grants relief.
The 95th-percentile reduction is 27% — that's our plausibility ceiling for the algorithm, calibrated specifically to restaurant appeals in Evanston. Cases above this threshold are exceedingly rare in the historical record, so claims significantly above 27% would be flagged as outliers and reviewed before filing.
The strongest recent Board of Review reductions on restaurant property appeals in Evanston Township, drawn from BOR decisions in tax years 2022–2025. Pre-appeal AV is the Assessor's value before filing; post-appeal AV is the BOR's final decision. These are real outcomes, not estimates.
| Tax Year | Pre-Appeal AV | Post-Appeal AV | Reduction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $546,000 | $234,500 | −57.1% |
| 2022 | $410,485 | $300,000 | −26.9% |
| 2025 | $328,251 | $242,018 | −26.3% |
| 2022 | $383,862 | $315,065 | −17.9% |
| 2022 | $150,333 | $123,444 | −17.9% |
| 2025 | $469,250 | $386,250 | −17.7% |
| 2022 | $109,379 | $90,763 | −17% |
| 2022 | $400,778 | $338,654 | −15.5% |
| 2025 | $323,500 | $280,125 | −13.4% |
| 2022 | $138,054 | $119,740 | −13.3% |
| 2022 | $1,616,537 | $1,422,795 | −12% |
| 2022 | $164,942 | $145,568 | −11.8% |
Source: Cook County Assessor's open data portal (appeal_history dataset). Property identifiers are not displayed for privacy; figures are public record.
TaxRival's algorithm uses township-and-class-specific calibration, not a generic countywide average. When we evaluate your restaurant property in Evanston, we use the 27% cap from this dataset, the 47% historical win rate as a confidence input, and class-specific comparable sales matched to your asset type.
For a deeper look at how Cook County BOR appeals perform across all townships and asset classes, see our 2024 BOR appeal success rates analysis covering all 57,960 commercial and industrial appeals filed last year.
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