Ohio · County property tax · ACS 2024
Richland County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Richland County pays $2,061 a year, an effective rate of 1.25%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,061
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.25%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +3%
- vs U.S. average
- #19 of 88
- rank in OH
The verdict
Homeowners in Richland County pay a median $2,061 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.25%, more affordable than 21% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,061
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.25%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2467 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +3%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($164,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Ohio. Population: 125,099. Owner-occupied homes: 34,036.
The median annual property tax in Richland County is $2,061, which is 27% lower than the Ohio state average and 3% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.25% on a median home value of $164,800. Property taxes represent 3.5% of the median household income in this county.
Richland County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Richland County's 1.25% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 21%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Ohio counties by effective rate
Richland County ranks #19 of 88 counties in Ohio by effective rate (78% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Ohio median
Homeowners in Richland County pay a median annual property tax of $2,061, modestly above the national median and well below the Ohio state median. On a $164,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.25% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Richland County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.5% of the $59,509 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Richland 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 11.9% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 52% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 43.2%, the median bill rose 26.2% to $2,061: 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 26% from $1,633 to $2,061. 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 plurality of owner-occupied homes here falls in the $2,000 to $2,999 band, at 8,510 of 34,036 (25.0%). This shows the reported distribution around the county median, while individual assessments can vary.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 3.5% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned here.
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 Richland County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Richland County homeowners, 8,510 of 34,036 owner-occupied homes (25.0%), pays $2,000 to $2,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 12.4% (4,237)
- $800 to $1,499 20.7% (7,029)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.8% (4,699)
- $2,000 to $2,999 25.0% (8,510)
- $3,000 or more 24.9% (8,491)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,070 homes here (3.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Ohio handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Richland County, mortgaged homeowners pay 14% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Richland County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Richland County's effective rate is higher than 78% of the 88 counties in Ohio - ranking #19 of 88.
Where Richland County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.25% more affordable than 21% 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 Richland County moved from $1,633 in the 2020 release to $2,061 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.
Richland County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Richland County | Ohio Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.5% | - | - |
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.
Richland County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Ohio counties.
Richland County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,061 +3.9% | 1.25% |
| 2023 | $1,984 +4.3% | 1.29% |
| 2022 | $1,902 +8.7% | 1.35% |
| 2021 | $1,750 +7.2% | 1.41% |
| 2020 | $1,633 | 1.42% |
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.
Richland County: tax-to-income at 3.5%
Counties near Richland County's effective rate
On effective rate, Richland County sits nearest Thomas County (NE), Howard County (IA), Sumter County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lamar County (TX), Nemaha County (KS), Pitt County (NC).
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
Richland County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,310 of 57,700 returns from Richland County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,401 - 35% 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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Richland County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Richland County?
- Richland County, Ohio scores F (34/100) 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 C (2.77×). 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.
- What is the average property tax in Richland County, Ohio?
- The median annual property tax in Richland County is $2,061, an effective rate of 1.25% on a $164,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Richland County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Richland County run modestly above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.25% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Richland County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Richland County jumped 26.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,633 to $2,061, 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 Richland County?
- Property taxes in Richland County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.5% of the $59,509 median household income.
What to do with Richland County's PAR rate
Inside Ohio, Richland County's $2,061 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Ohio overview →
Richland County ranks #19 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 Richland 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: 1.25%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,061/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Richland County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Richland County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Hancock County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,059/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.81% vs Richland County 1.25%.
Shelby County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,063/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.50% vs Richland County 1.25%.
Clark County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,064/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.56% vs Richland County 1.25%.
Crawford County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,064/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.35% vs Richland County 1.25%.
Ohio county set
State ACS overview for every published Ohio county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Richland 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 Richland County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.