Ohio · County property tax · ACS 2024
Morgan County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Morgan County pays $1,268 a year, an effective rate of 0.84%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,268
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.84%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -36%
- vs U.S. average
- #83 of 88
- rank in OH
The verdict
Homeowners in Morgan County pay a median $1,268 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.84%, more affordable than 47% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,268
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.84%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1663 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -36%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($150,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Ohio. Population: 13,651. Owner-occupied homes: 4,507.
The median annual property tax in Morgan County is $1,268, which is 55% lower than the Ohio state average and 36% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.84% on a median home value of $150,900. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
Morgan County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Morgan 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 Morgan County pay a median annual property tax of $1,268, well below the national median and far below the Ohio state median. On a $150,900 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
Morgan 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 Morgan County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $59,351 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 4.3%, from $1,216 to $1,268. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Morgan 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 30% from $978 to $1,268. 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 1,366 of 4,507 owner-occupied homes (30.3%). 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 Morgan County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Morgan County homeowners, 1,366 of 4,507 owner-occupied homes (30.3%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 26.1% (1,178)
- $800 to $1,499 30.3% (1,366)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.4% (695)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.7% (709)
- $3,000 or more 4.3% (196)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
363 homes here (8.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Ohio handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Morgan County pay a substantially higher bill, 42% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Morgan County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Morgan County's effective rate is higher than 6% of the 88 counties in Ohio - ranking #83 of 88.
Where Morgan 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
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Morgan County moved from $978 in the 2020 release to $1,268 in 2024, a change of about 30%. 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.
Morgan County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Morgan 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.
Morgan County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Ohio counties.
Morgan County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,268 +4.3% | 0.84% |
| 2023 | $1,216 +9.0% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | $1,116 +8.2% | 0.92% |
| 2021 | $1,031 +5.4% | 1.00% |
| 2020 | $978 | 0.95% |
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.
Morgan County: tax-to-income at 2.1%
Counties near Morgan County's effective rate
On effective rate, Morgan County sits nearest Lenoir County (NC), Guilford County (NC), Prairie County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lee County (TX), Humboldt County (IA), Lincoln County (OR).
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
Morgan County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 70 of 6,140 returns from Morgan County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,286 - 57% 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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Morgan County rate FAQs
- How does Morgan County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Morgan 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 Morgan County, Ohio?
- The median annual property tax in Morgan County is $1,268, an effective rate of 0.84% on a $150,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Morgan County?
- Morgan County, Ohio scores C (55/100) 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- (2.54×). 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 Morgan County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Morgan County is recorded at $1,268 in the 2024 5-year release against $978 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 4,507 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Morgan County?
- Property taxes in Morgan County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $59,351 median household income.
What to do with Morgan County's UNDER rate
Morgan County's $1,268 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 →
Morgan 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 Morgan 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: $1,268/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Morgan County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Morgan County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Alexander County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,269/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Morgan County 0.84%.
Montgomery County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,269/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.00% vs Morgan County 0.84%.
Telfair County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,269/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.12% vs Morgan County 0.84%.
Pierce County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,266/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.83% vs Morgan County 0.84%.
Ohio county set
State ACS overview for every published Ohio county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Morgan 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 Morgan County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.