Ohio · County property tax · ACS 2024
Henry County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Henry County pays $1,970 a year, an effective rate of 1.17%, roughly in line with the U.S. average.
- $1,970
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.17%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -1%
- vs U.S. average
- #30 of 88
- rank in OH
The verdict
Homeowners in Henry County pay a median $1,970 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.17%, more affordable than 25% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,970
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.17%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2366 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 ($168,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Ohio. Population: 27,567. Owner-occupied homes: 9,450.
The median annual property tax in Henry County is $1,970, which is 30% lower than the Ohio state average and 1% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.17% on a median home value of $168,600. Property taxes represent 2.5% of the median household income in this county.
Henry County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Henry County's 1.17% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 25%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Ohio median
Homeowners in Henry County pay a median annual property tax of $1,970, roughly in line with the national median and well below the Ohio state median. On a $168,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.17% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Ohio counties by effective rate
Henry County ranks #30 of 88 counties in Ohio by effective rate (66% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Henry County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $80,099 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Henry 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.
The rate held while the market moved
Henry County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 5.8% down, against a median home value that rose 28.9%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 21.5%, from $1,622 to $1,970.
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 $1,622 to $1,970, 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 plurality of owner-occupied homes here falls in the $2,000 to $2,999 band, at 2,497 of 9,450 (26.4%). This shows the reported distribution around the county median, while individual assessments can vary.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 2.5% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
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 Henry County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Henry County homeowners, 2,497 of 9,450 owner-occupied homes (26.4%), pays $2,000 to $2,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 12.3% (1,166)
- $800 to $1,499 21.1% (1,995)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.0% (1,516)
- $2,000 to $2,999 26.4% (2,497)
- $3,000 or more 21.1% (1,998)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
278 homes here (2.9%) 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 Henry County pay about the same bill, within a 2% gap either way.
Henry County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Henry County's effective rate is higher than 66% of the 88 counties in Ohio - ranking #30 of 88.
Where Henry County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.17% more affordable than 25% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Henry County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Henry County | Ohio Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.5% | - | - |
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.
Henry County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Ohio counties.
Henry County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,970 +0.8% | 1.17% |
| 2023 | $1,954 +3.7% | 1.18% |
| 2022 | $1,885 +11.7% | 1.20% |
| 2021 | $1,688 +4.1% | 1.22% |
| 2020 | $1,622 | 1.24% |
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.
Henry County: tax-to-income at 2.5%
Counties near Henry County's effective rate
On effective rate, Henry County sits nearest Nuckolls County (NE), Hitchcock County (NE), Carlton County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Morgan County (TN), District of Columbia (DC), Oktibbeha County (MS).
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
Henry County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 320 of 14,060 returns from Henry County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,963 - 34% 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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Henry County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Henry County, Ohio?
- The median annual property tax in Henry County is $1,970, an effective rate of 1.17% on a $168,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Henry County?
- Henry County, Ohio scores C- (50/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-38). 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.
- How does Henry County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Henry County run roughly in line with the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.17% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Henry County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Henry County jumped 21.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,622 to $1,970, 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 Henry County?
- Property taxes in Henry County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $80,099 median household income.
What to do with Henry County's PAR rate
Inside Ohio, Henry County's $1,970 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Ohio overview →
Henry County ranks #30 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 Henry 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: 1.17%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,970/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Henry County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Henry County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Langlade County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,972/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.25% vs Henry County 1.17%.
Madison County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,968/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.53% vs Henry County 1.17%.
Crawford County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,973/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.28% vs Henry County 1.17%.
Fluvanna County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,967/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.63% vs Henry County 1.17%.
Ohio county set
State ACS overview for every published Ohio county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Henry 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 Henry County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.