Based on 1,108 historical retail appeals in Evanston Township (2022-2025), TaxRival's data shows a 49% win rate at the Board of Review with an average reduction of 15.1% when successful.
Check Your Property →Storefronts, strip centers, shopping centers, and standalone retail buildings. 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 retail property owners in Evanston have won reductions on 49% of filings, with an average reduction of 15.1% when the BOR grants relief.
The 95th-percentile reduction is 34% — that's our plausibility ceiling for the algorithm, calibrated specifically to retail appeals in Evanston. Cases above this threshold are exceedingly rare in the historical record, so claims significantly above 34% would be flagged as outliers and reviewed before filing.
The strongest recent Board of Review reductions on retail 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,102,105 | $412,050 | −62.6% |
| 2022 | $4,068,800 | $1,760,045 | −56.7% |
| 2024 | $4,068,802 | $1,991,694 | −51.1% |
| 2024 | $378,000 | $186,250 | −50.7% |
| 2025 | $28,563 | $14,108 | −50.6% |
| 2022 | $207,438 | $106,072 | −48.9% |
| 2022 | $579,410 | $299,880 | −48.2% |
| 2025 | $195,856 | $103,509 | −47.2% |
| 2022 | $456,446 | $243,196 | −46.7% |
| 2025 | $43,927 | $23,413 | −46.7% |
| 2022 | $314,665 | $172,647 | −45.1% |
| 2022 | $190,590 | $104,820 | −45% |
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 retail property in Evanston, we use the 34% cap from this dataset, the 49% 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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