Ohio · County property tax · ACS 2024
Erie County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Erie County pays $2,428 a year, an effective rate of 1.22%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,428
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.22%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +22%
- vs U.S. average
- #23 of 88
- rank in OH
The verdict
Homeowners in Erie County pay a median $2,428 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.22%, more affordable than 22% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,428
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.22%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2433 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +22%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($199,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Ohio. Population: 74,581. Owner-occupied homes: 23,352.
The median annual property tax in Erie County is $2,428, which is 14% lower than the Ohio state average and 22% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.22% on a median home value of $199,700. Property taxes represent 3.4% of the median household income in this county.
Erie County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Erie County's 1.22% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 22%).
Decision signal 2
Near the middle of Ohio counties by effective rate
Erie County ranks #23 of 88 counties in Ohio by effective rate (74% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Erie County pay a median annual property tax of $2,428, notably higher than the national median and notably lower than the Ohio state median. On a $199,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.22% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Erie County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.4% of the $71,993 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Erie 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 11.0% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 55% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 36.0%, the median bill rose 21.0% to $2,428: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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 $2,006 to $2,428, a gain of 21%. 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: 7,909 of 23,352 owner-occupied homes (33.9%) 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.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 3.4% of median household income. A high rate is affordable only relative to something, and this is what it is relative to 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 Erie County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Erie County homeowners, 7,909 of 23,352 owner-occupied homes (33.9%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.2% (1,914)
- $800 to $1,499 15.4% (3,587)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.1% (3,302)
- $2,000 to $2,999 26.5% (6,194)
- $3,000 or more 33.9% (7,909)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
446 homes here (1.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Ohio handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Erie County pay about the same bill, a 8% gap.
Erie County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Erie County's effective rate is higher than 74% of the 88 counties in Ohio - ranking #23 of 88.
Where Erie County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.22% more affordable than 22% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Erie County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Erie County | Ohio Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.4% | - | - |
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.
Erie County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Ohio counties.
Erie County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,428 +4.2% | 1.22% |
| 2023 | $2,330 +1.5% | 1.27% |
| 2022 | $2,295 +10.0% | 1.35% |
| 2021 | $2,087 +4.0% | 1.37% |
| 2020 | $2,006 | 1.37% |
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.
Erie County: tax-to-income at 3.4%
Counties near Erie County's effective rate
On effective rate, Erie County sits nearest Cape May County (NJ), Baraga County (MI), Douglas County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Floyd County (KY), Bibb County (GA), Worth County (GA).
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
Erie County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,180 of 39,320 returns from Erie County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,868 - 32% 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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Erie County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Erie County?
- Erie County, Ohio scores F (34/100) 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 mortgage premium at B- (+$195). 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 Erie County, Ohio?
- The median annual property tax in Erie County is $2,428, an effective rate of 1.22% on a $199,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Erie County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Erie County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.22% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Erie County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Erie County jumped 21.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,006 to $2,428, 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 Erie County?
- Property taxes in Erie County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.4% of the $71,993 median household income.
What to do with Erie County's PAR rate
At Erie County's 1.22% effective rate, a $199,700 home implies about $2,428/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Erie County ranks #23 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 Erie 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: 1.22%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,428/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Erie County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Erie County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Berrien County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,429/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.08% vs Erie County 1.22%.
Howard County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,429/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.16% vs Erie County 1.22%.
Shelby County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,429/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.98% vs Erie County 1.22%.
Colusa County, CA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,426/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.62% vs Erie County 1.22%.
Ohio county set
State ACS overview for every published Ohio county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Erie 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 Erie County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.