Ohio · County property tax · ACS 2024
Clark County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Clark County pays $2,019 a year, an effective rate of 1.19%, roughly in line with the U.S. average.
- $2,019
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.19%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +1%
- vs U.S. average
- #27 of 88
- rank in OH
The verdict
Homeowners in Clark County pay a median $2,019 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.19%, more affordable than 24% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,019
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.19%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2395 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +1%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($169,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Ohio. Population: 135,158. Owner-occupied homes: 38,844.
The median annual property tax in Clark County is $2,019, which is 28% lower than the Ohio state average and 1% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.19% on a median home value of $169,900. Property taxes represent 3.2% of the median household income in this county.
Clark County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Clark County's 1.19% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 24%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Ohio median
Homeowners in Clark County pay a median annual property tax of $2,019, roughly in line with the national median and well below the Ohio state median. On a $169,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.19% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Ohio counties by effective rate
Clark County ranks #27 of 88 counties in Ohio by effective rate (69% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Clark County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $63,132 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Clark County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
A falling rate took the edge off
Clark County's effective rate fell 15.0% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 41.0%, leaving the median bill 19.9% higher at $2,019. That rate move is larger than the one in 63% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,684 to $2,019, a gain of 20%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 10,762 of 38,844 owner-occupied homes (27.7%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 3.2% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned here.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Clark County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Clark County homeowners, 10,762 of 38,844 owner-occupied homes (27.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 11.4% (4,431)
- $800 to $1,499 21.8% (8,472)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.3% (5,562)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.6% (8,014)
- $3,000 or more 27.7% (10,762)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,603 homes here (4.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Ohio handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Clark County, mortgaged homeowners pay 15% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Clark County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Clark County's effective rate is higher than 69% of the 88 counties in Ohio - ranking #27 of 88.
Where Clark County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.19% more affordable than 24% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Ohio, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 9% of the Ohio median, yet the median bill runs 28% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $2,019 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Clark County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Clark County | Ohio Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.2% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Clark County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Ohio counties.
Clark County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,019 +3.9% | 1.19% |
| 2023 | $1,943 +2.9% | 1.25% |
| 2022 | $1,889 +6.7% | 1.30% |
| 2021 | $1,771 +5.2% | 1.39% |
| 2020 | $1,684 | 1.40% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Clark County: tax-to-income at 3.2%
Counties near Clark County's effective rate
On effective rate, Clark County sits nearest Foster County (ND), York County (NE), Huron County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Cass County (IA), Fremont County (ID), Franklin County (IA).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Clark County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,510 of 63,240 returns from Clark County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,540 - 36% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Clark County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Clark County?
- Clark County, Ohio scores F (36/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is housing pressure at C+ (2.69×). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- What is the average property tax in Clark County, Ohio?
- The median annual property tax in Clark County is $2,019, an effective rate of 1.19% on a $169,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Clark County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Clark County run roughly in line with the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.19% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Clark County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Clark County climbed 19.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,684 to $2,019, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Clark County?
- Property taxes in Clark County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $63,132 median household income.
What to do with Clark County's PAR rate
Inside Ohio, Clark County's $2,019 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Ohio overview →
Clark County ranks #27 of 88 Ohio counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Ohio overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Clark County's PAR effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.19%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,019/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Clark County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Clark County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Cass County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Clark County at $2,019/yr; rate 1.34% vs Clark County 1.19%.
Franklin County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,023/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.89% vs Clark County 1.19%.
Mahoning County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,015/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.30% vs Clark County 1.19%.
McClain County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,023/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.79% vs Clark County 1.19%.
Ohio county set
State ACS overview for every published Ohio county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Clark County stamps PAR · MID - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Clark County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.