Property Tax in Clermont County, Ohio

What the Clermont County numbers mean

A median is the middle household: half of owner-occupied households in Clermont County pay more than $3,141, and half pay less. Your own bill is set by your home's assessed value, the exemptions you qualify for, and the local taxing districts your property sits in — so individual bills vary widely around the median.

Dividing the median tax by the median home value gives a derived effective rate of 1.28% for Clermont County. It is an estimate built from two survey medians, not the county's official rate, but it is a fair way to compare the local tax burden with other counties where home values are very different.

The key figures for Clermont County

For context, the Ohio medians are $2,712 of tax on $199,200 of value, and the US medians are $2,969 on $303,400. *Derived figures are estimates from Census medians, not official rates.

Clermont County at a glance

• Median tax rank in Ohio: #12 of 88 counties
• Median home value rank in Ohio: #10 of 88
• Population rank in Ohio: #14 of 88 (209,862 residents)
• Population density rank: #14 of 88 (464 people per square mile)
• Land area rank in Ohio: #42 of 88 (452 sq mi, 1.1% of the combined county land area)
• Median tax as a monthly figure: $262; per $1,000 of home value: $1.28

How Clermont County compares

Of the 88 Ohio counties with published data, 11 have a higher median property tax bill than Clermont County's $3,141, putting the county at #12 in the state. Its bill is about 16% higher than the state median of $2,712 and about 6% higher than the national median of $2,969.

Rates and values pull in opposite directions: an expensive housing market can produce big bills at ordinary rates. Here the derived rate is 1.28%, versus 0.98% derived nationally, and the median home value ranks #10 within Ohio.

Some extra context for Clermont County: the median bill works out to about $262 a month, and the derived rate equals roughly $1,279 of tax per $100,000 of home value. The county is home to 209,862 people — the #14 most populous county in Ohio, spread over 452 square miles, a density of about 464 people per square mile. Its median home value, $245,600, ranks #10 among the state's 88 counties with data.

Nationally, Clermont County's median bill of $3,141 ranks #404 of 3133 counties with published data — inside the top 13% of counties by tax paid. The county accounts for about 1.8% of Ohio's population, its median home value is about 23% above the state median, and at the derived rate the median home would hand over roughly 12.79% of its value in tax across a decade. Within the state, the distance from Clermont County to the most expensive county, Delaware County ($6,896), is $3,755 a year.

Counties nearest Clermont County in the Ohio ranking

Clermont County and its population peers

For a like-for-like sense of scale, compare Clermont County with its national population peers: the counties nearest to its 209,862 residents, listed in the table below with their own Census medians. Of the 9 counties in that group, Clermont County's median bill of $3,141 is #3 of 9.

The closest population match is Washington County, Pennsylvania (209,778 residents), where the median real estate tax paid is $2,445 on a median home value of $220,600 — $696 more than Clermont County pays.

Inside Ohio itself, the counties closest to Clermont County in population are Mahoning County (227,063 residents, median tax $1,975 on a median value of $141,100); Delaware County (221,160 residents, median tax $6,896 on a median value of $419,500); Trumbull County (201,367 residents, median tax $1,806 on a median value of $128,100); Medina County (183,049 residents, median tax $3,448 on a median value of $268,000). Same state, same broad tax framework — yet the median bills still differ, because assessed values and the mix of county, municipal and school-district rates are set locally.

How the tax is worked out

As an illustration of the arithmetic: at Clermont County's derived rate of 1.28%, a home valued at $400,000 would carry a tax bill of roughly $5,116 a year. That is only an illustration using the derived rate — a real bill is computed from the property's assessed value, its exemptions, and the combined rates of its specific taxing districts, so it can be higher or lower.

The usual sequence is: the local assessor values the property; exemptions are applied; the taxable value is multiplied by the combined local rates; and the county bills and collects the tax, distributing it to the schools, municipalities and districts that levied it.

Illustrative bills in Clermont County at the derived rate

The derived rate of 1.28% is only an estimate built from medians, but applying it to different home values gives a sense of scale for Clermont County — and a quick way to compare with the state derived rate of 1.36% and the US figure of 0.98%:

Illustration only: real bills are computed from the assessed value, exemptions, and the combined rates of the property's actual taxing districts.

Checking your assessment in Clermont County

If your bill looks wrong, work through these steps:

1. Get your property record card from the assessor and check the basics — living area, lot size, bedrooms, condition, and any exemptions you should have.
2. Compare your assessed value with recent sale prices of similar homes in Clermont County.
3. Talk to the assessor's office informally first; clear errors are often fixed without a hearing.
4. If needed, file a formal appeal with the local review board before the deadline on your assessment notice, with your evidence attached.
5. Keep paying the bill as issued while the appeal runs, unless your notice says otherwise — unpaid taxes accrue penalties regardless of an appeal.

More Ohio counties

• Trumbull County, OH — $1,806
• Delaware County, OH — $6,896
• Mahoning County, OH — $1,975
• Lake County, OH — $3,405
• Medina County, OH — $3,448
• Licking County, OH — $3,150

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