Ohio · County property tax · ACS 2024
Geauga County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Geauga County pays $4,564 a year, an effective rate of 1.38%, far above the U.S. average.
- $4,564
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 1.38%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +129%
- vs U.S. average
- #10 of 88
- rank in OH
The verdict
Homeowners in Geauga County pay a median $4,564 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.38%, more affordable than 15% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $4,564
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.38%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2653 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +129%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($331,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Ohio. Population: 95,481. Owner-occupied homes: 31,217.
The median annual property tax in Geauga County is $4,564, which is 62% higher than the Ohio state average and 129% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.38% on a median home value of $331,100. Property taxes represent 4.2% of the median household income in this county.
Why Geauga County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Geauga County pay a median annual property tax of $4,564, far above the national median and far above the Ohio state median. On a $331,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.38% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among Ohio counties by effective rate
Geauga County ranks #10 of 88 counties in Ohio by effective rate (89% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Geauga County's 1.38% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 15%).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Geauga County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.2% of the $107,860 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Geauga 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 10.2% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 59% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 33.7%, the median bill rose 20.1% to $4,564: 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 $3,801 to $4,564, 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: 22,067 of 31,217 owner-occupied homes (70.7%) 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.
Both figures are in the national top quarter, and the median bill still equals only 4.2% of median household income. A high rate on high earnings produces a large dollar figure, and only the dollar figure tends to get quoted; the ratio above is the other half.
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 Geauga County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Geauga County homeowners, 22,067 of 31,217 owner-occupied homes (70.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 3.5% (1,084)
- $800 to $1,499 5.8% (1,816)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.7% (1,770)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.5% (3,917)
- $3,000 or more 70.7% (22,067)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
563 homes here (1.8%) 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 Geauga County pay about the same bill, a 9% gap.
Geauga County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Geauga County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Geauga County's median bill is 62% above the Ohio median and 129% above the U.S. median.
Same rate as Ohio, a larger bill
The effective rate here sits within 5% of the Ohio median, yet the median bill runs 62% above 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 costlier housing produces $4,564 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Geauga County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Geauga County | Ohio Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 4.2% | - | - |
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.
Is Geauga County's $4,564 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Geauga County's $4,564 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $456/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Ohio.
Geauga County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,564 +0.7% | 1.38% |
| 2023 | $4,533 +3.4% | 1.49% |
| 2022 | $4,386 +8.6% | 1.52% |
| 2021 | $4,038 +6.2% | 1.55% |
| 2020 | $3,801 | 1.53% |
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.
Geauga County: tax takes 4.2% of income
Counties near Geauga County's median bill
On effective rate, Geauga County sits nearest Furnas County (NE), Lee County (IA), Brown County (WI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Durham County (NC), New Hanover County (NC), Philadelphia County (PA).
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
Geauga County: only 7% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 3,560 of 47,650 returns from Geauga County reported real estate taxes, averaging $8,861 - 41% of those reporters sat in the $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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Geauga County bill FAQs
- How does Geauga County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Geauga County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.38% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Geauga County, Ohio?
- The median annual property tax in Geauga County is $4,564, an effective rate of 1.38% on a $331,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Geauga County?
- Property taxes in Geauga County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.2% of the $107,860 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Geauga County?
- Geauga County, Ohio scores F (19/100) 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 D (3.07×). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Geauga County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Geauga County jumped 20.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $3,801 to $4,564, 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 to do with Geauga County's HEAVY bill
Geauga County's $4,564 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Geauga County ranks #10 of 88 Ohio counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Ohio overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Geauga County's HEAVY median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.38%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $4,564/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Geauga County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Geauga County (STEEP · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP HEAVY
Ontario County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,565/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 2.05% vs Geauga County 1.38%.
Brazos County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,568/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.54% vs Geauga County 1.38%.
Waukesha County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,554/yr (near-tied bill ABS $10); rate 1.14% vs Geauga County 1.38%.
Pierce County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,551/yr (near-tied bill ABS $13); rate 1.36% vs Geauga County 1.38%.
Ohio county set
State ACS overview for every published Ohio county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Geauga County stamps STEEP · HEAVY - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Geauga County (STEEP · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.