Ohio · County property tax · ACS 2024
Meigs County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Meigs County pays $1,238 a year, an effective rate of 1.04%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,238
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.04%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -38%
- vs U.S. average
- #47 of 88
- rank in OH
The verdict
Homeowners in Meigs County pay a median $1,238 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.04%, more affordable than 32% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,238
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.04%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2125 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -38%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($119,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Ohio. Population: 21,896. Owner-occupied homes: 6,864.
The median annual property tax in Meigs County is $1,238, which is 56% lower than the Ohio state average and 38% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.04% on a median home value of $119,300. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
Meigs County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Meigs County's 1.04% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 32%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Meigs County pay a median annual property tax of $1,238, well below the national median and far below the Ohio state median. On a $119,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.04% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Meigs County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $46,873 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Ohio counties by effective rate
Meigs County ranks #47 of 88 counties in Ohio by effective rate (47% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Meigs 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
Meigs County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 2.5% down, against a median home value that rose 29.0%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 25.8%, from $984 to $1,238.
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 26% from $984 to $1,238. 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 2,152 of 6,864 owner-occupied homes (31.4%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.6% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Meigs County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Meigs County homeowners, 2,152 of 6,864 owner-occupied homes (31.4%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 26.9% (1,843)
- $800 to $1,499 31.4% (2,152)
- $1,500 to $1,999 17.4% (1,193)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.1% (760)
- $3,000 or more 7.0% (481)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
435 homes here (6.3%) 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 Meigs County pay about the same bill, a 9% gap.
Meigs County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Meigs County's effective rate is higher than 47% of the 88 counties in Ohio - ranking #47 of 88.
Where Meigs County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.04% more affordable than 32% 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 Meigs County moved from $984 in the 2020 release to $1,238 in 2024, a change of about 26%. 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.
Meigs County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Meigs 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 Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
Meigs County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Ohio counties.
Meigs County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,238 +10.8% | 1.04% |
| 2023 | $1,117 +6.5% | 0.99% |
| 2022 | $1,049 +2.9% | 1.00% |
| 2021 | $1,019 +3.6% | 1.02% |
| 2020 | $984 | 1.06% |
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.
Meigs County: tax-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near Meigs County's effective rate
On effective rate, Meigs County sits nearest Edgecombe County (NC), Hooker County (NE), Yellow Medicine County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Seminole County (FL), Placer County (CA), Ness County (KS).
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
Meigs County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 100 of 9,300 returns from Meigs County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,460 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Meigs County rate FAQs
- How does Meigs County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Meigs County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.04% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Meigs County, Ohio?
- The median annual property tax in Meigs County is $1,238, an effective rate of 1.04% on a $119,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Meigs County?
- Meigs County, Ohio scores C- (53/100) 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+ (+$108). 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 Meigs County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Meigs County jumped 25.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $984 to $1,238, 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 Meigs County?
- Property taxes in Meigs County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $46,873 median household income.
What to do with Meigs County's PAR rate
Meigs County's $1,238 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 →
Meigs County ranks #47 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 Meigs 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: 1.04%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,238/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Meigs County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Meigs County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Mohave County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Meigs County at $1,238/yr; rate 0.44% vs Meigs County 1.04%.
Eddy County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,237/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.00% vs Meigs County 1.04%.
Kittson County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,239/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.92% vs Meigs County 1.04%.
Knox County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,237/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.60% vs Meigs County 1.04%.
Ohio county set
State ACS overview for every published Ohio county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Meigs County stamps PAR · 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 Meigs County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.