Ohio · County property tax · ACS 2024
Lawrence County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Lawrence County pays $1,215 a year, an effective rate of 0.84%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,215
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.84%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -39%
- vs U.S. average
- #83 of 88
- rank in OH
The verdict
Homeowners in Lawrence County pay a median $1,215 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.84%, more affordable than 47% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,215
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.84%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1663 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -39%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($144,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Ohio. Population: 56,819. Owner-occupied homes: 16,374.
The median annual property tax in Lawrence County is $1,215, which is 57% lower than the Ohio state average and 39% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.84% on a median home value of $144,000. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
Lawrence County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Lawrence County's 0.84% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 47%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Lawrence County pay a median annual property tax of $1,215, well below the national median and far below the Ohio state median. On a $144,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.84% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Ohio counties by effective rate
Lawrence County ranks #83 of 88 counties in Ohio by effective rate (6% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Lawrence County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $58,325 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Lawrence 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
Lawrence County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 2.3% down, against a median home value that rose 33.7%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 30.6%, from $930 to $1,215.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 31% from $930 to $1,215. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 5,964 of 16,374 owner-occupied homes (36.4%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 2.1% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
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 Lawrence County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Lawrence County homeowners, 5,964 of 16,374 owner-occupied homes (36.4%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 25.1% (4,107)
- $800 to $1,499 36.4% (5,964)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.1% (2,636)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.1% (1,814)
- $3,000 or more 8.5% (1,388)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
465 homes here (2.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Ohio handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Lawrence County, mortgaged homeowners pay 23% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Lawrence County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Lawrence County's effective rate is higher than 6% of the 88 counties in Ohio - ranking #83 of 88.
Where Lawrence County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.84% more affordable than 47% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Lawrence County moved from $930 in the 2020 release to $1,215 in 2024, a change of about 31%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Lawrence County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Lawrence County | Ohio Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
Lawrence County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Ohio counties.
Lawrence County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,215 +1.8% | 0.84% |
| 2023 | $1,193 +5.4% | 0.88% |
| 2022 | $1,132 +12.5% | 0.89% |
| 2021 | $1,006 +8.2% | 0.90% |
| 2020 | $930 | 0.86% |
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.
Lawrence County: tax-to-income at 2.1%
Counties near Lawrence County's effective rate
On effective rate, Lawrence County sits nearest Lenoir County (NC), Guilford County (NC), Prairie County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Camp County (TX), Autauga County (AL), Laclede County (MO).
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
Lawrence County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 390 of 25,230 returns from Lawrence County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,310 - 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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Lawrence County rate FAQs
- How does Lawrence County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Lawrence County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.84% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Lawrence County, Ohio?
- The median annual property tax in Lawrence County is $1,215, an effective rate of 0.84% on a $144,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Lawrence County?
- Lawrence County, Ohio scores C+ (60/100) 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 B (2.47×). 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 Lawrence County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Lawrence County jumped 30.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $930 to $1,215, 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 Lawrence County?
- Property taxes in Lawrence County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $58,325 median household income.
What to do with Lawrence County's UNDER rate
Lawrence County's $1,215 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Lawrence County ranks #83 of 88 Ohio counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Ohio overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Lawrence County's UNDER 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: 0.84%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,215/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Lawrence County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Lawrence County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Halifax County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,216/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.15% vs Lawrence County 0.84%.
Alleghany County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,217/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.57% vs Lawrence County 0.84%.
Marshall County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,213/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.72% vs Lawrence County 0.84%.
Suwannee County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,213/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.71% vs Lawrence County 0.84%.
Ohio county set
State ACS overview for every published Ohio county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Lawrence County stamps UNDER · LIGHT - 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 Lawrence County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.