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Elkhart County board upholds 2024 assessment for Wilkie property after discussion of neighborhood factor and potential farm use
Summary
The Elkhart County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals on Sept. 23, 2025 rejected a petition by Steven Wilkie to lower his 2024 assessment of $441,600 for an 11.09‑acre property, after the county explained neighborhood sales-ratio adjustments, depreciation and how agricultural use would be treated in future assessments.
Steven Wilkie contested the 2024 assessment of $441,600 on his 11.09‑acre parcel in Cleveland Township at an Elkhart County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals hearing on Sept. 23, 2025. After hearing testimony from Wilkie and county assessor staff, the three-member board voted to leave the assessment unchanged.
Wilkie told the board he could not reconcile repeated year-over-year increases with inflation and with the fact that he has not made improvements to the property. "I can't understand how it is that I'm being compared to houses around me for what they sell for," Wilkie said, arguing that nearby higher sale prices were inflating his tax value. He also said parts of his land are zoned…
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