Property Tax in Scioto County, Ohio

What the Scioto County numbers mean

The median is the midpoint of the county's actual bills: half of Scioto County homeowners pay more than $1,417 a year and half pay less. The exact bill for any one home depends on its assessed value, exemptions, and which school, municipal and special districts cover it.

Set against the median home value of $132,300, the median bill works out to a derived effective rate of 1.07%. That rate is an estimate computed from the two medians — no county publishes a rate calculated this way — but it adjusts for home prices, which makes comparisons between counties more meaningful.

Scioto County by the numbers

*Estimate derived from Census medians (tax ÷ value), not an official rate.

Scioto County at a glance

• Median tax rank in Ohio: #73 of 88 counties
• Median home value rank in Ohio: #80 of 88
• Population rank in Ohio: #35 of 88 (73,118 residents)
• Population density rank: #43 of 88 (120 people per square mile)
• Land area rank in Ohio: #8 of 88 (610 sq mi, 1.5% of the combined county land area)
• Median tax as a monthly figure: $118; per $1,000 of home value: $1.07

How Scioto County compares

Set against its state, Scioto County's median bill of $1,417 is about 48% lower than the Ohio median ($2,712). Against the country as a whole it is about 52% lower than the US median ($2,969). That places the county #73 of 88 Ohio counties ranked by median taxes paid.

Remember what drives the ranking: bills follow home values as much as rates. Scioto County's median home, at $132,300, ranks #80 by value in Ohio, while its derived rate of 1.07% compares with a derived US figure of 0.98%.

Some extra context for Scioto County: the median bill works out to about $118 a month, and the derived rate equals roughly $1,071 of tax per $100,000 of home value. The county is home to 73,118 people — the #35 most populous county in Ohio, spread over 610 square miles, a density of about 120 people per square mile. Its median home value, $132,300, ranks #80 among the state's 88 counties with data.

Zooming out: of 3133 counties nationwide with published Census figures, only 1766 record a higher median tax bill than Scioto County — it sits in the top 56% nationally. The county holds roughly 0.6% of Ohio's people. Its homes are worth less than the state norm (median $132,300 versus $199,200), and a decade at the derived rate of 1.07% adds up to about 10.71% of the median home's value in tax. The cheapest county in the state, Meigs County, medians $1,117 — $300 less than Scioto County per year.

Counties nearest Scioto County in the Ohio ranking

Scioto County and its population peers

For a like-for-like sense of scale, compare Scioto County with its national population peers: the counties nearest to its 73,118 residents, listed in the table below with their own Census medians. Of the 9 counties in that group, Scioto County's median bill of $1,417 is #6 of 9.

The closest population match is Lea County, New Mexico (73,154 residents), where the median real estate tax paid is $824 on a median home value of $176,000 — $593 more than Scioto County pays.

Staying within Ohio, the counties nearest Scioto County by population are Erie County (74,938 residents, median tax $2,330 on a median value of $183,900); Hancock County (74,885 residents, median tax $1,966 on a median value of $196,500); Belmont County (65,982 residents, median tax $1,420 on a median value of $143,000); Union County (65,293 residents, median tax $3,847 on a median value of $306,600). The spread in their median bills — all under the same state framework — shows how much of the property tax burden is decided county by county and district by district.

How the tax is worked out

As an illustration of the arithmetic: at Scioto County's derived rate of 1.07%, a home valued at $400,000 would carry a tax bill of roughly $4,284 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 Scioto County at the derived rate

The derived rate of 1.07% is only an estimate built from medians, but applying it to different home values gives a sense of scale for Scioto 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 Scioto 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 Scioto 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

• Hancock County, OH — $1,966
• Erie County, OH — $2,330
• Ross County, OH — $1,577
• Belmont County, OH — $1,420
• Union County, OH — $3,847
• Marion County, OH — $1,432

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