#1Smithfield Township
Jefferson County · 2,903 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.85% of the median home value
Smithfield Township, #1 on this list · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOhio rankings · Property tax
Towns with the lowest property taxes in Ohio
Smithfield Township has the lowest property-tax bills of Ohio’s 981 towns of 2,500+: homeowners’ median bill is $781 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town’s median bill here is $2,478.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: the median yearly real-estate tax bill homeowners pay. The survey reports bills of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so those towns are listed below the list, not ranked. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1$781
#2Youngstown
Mahoning County · 58,832 peopleMedian yearly bill·1.28% of the median home value
#3Bellaire
Belmont County · 3,738 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.97% of the median home value
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Median yearly bill, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 199 towns here).
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12 towns with bills of $10,000+
The survey reports a median bill of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so these towns can’t be placed against each other or the list.
- Brown Township Franklin County · 3,810 people
- Dublin Franklin County · 49,094 people
- Liberty Township Delaware County · 40,625 people
- Mariemont Hamilton County · 3,499 people
- Moreland Hills Cuyahoga County · 3,473 people
- New Albany Franklin County · 11,803 people
- Pepper Pike Cuyahoga County · 6,886 people
- Plain Township Franklin County · 13,257 people
- Powell Delaware County · 18,269 people
- The Village of Indian Hill Hamilton County · 6,114 people
- Upper Arlington Franklin County · 35,893 people
- Washington Township Franklin County · 51,915 people
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Questions people ask
Which Ohio town has the lowest property taxes?
Smithfield Township (Jefferson County): homeowners’ median bill is $781 a year. Youngstown ($811) and Bellaire ($827) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the median yearly property-tax bill homeowners report to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), lowest first. Towns with the same bill share a rank (T). The share of home value is the bill divided by the median home value, both from the survey. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with a reported bill under $10,000 (981 in Ohio); bills of $10,000+ can’t be told apart, so those towns are listed separately. Smaller towns show their bill on their Cost of living page. 12 Ohio towns are listed above at $10,000+. Every town is on the Ohio page.
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