Ohio · County property tax · ACS 2024
Trumbull County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Trumbull County pays $1,856 a year, an effective rate of 1.31%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,856
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.31%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -7%
- vs U.S. average
- #13 of 88
- rank in OH
The verdict
Homeowners in Trumbull County pay a median $1,856 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.31%, more affordable than 18% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,856
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.31%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2558 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -7%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($141,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Ohio. Population: 200,929. Owner-occupied homes: 61,705.
The median annual property tax in Trumbull County is $1,856, which is 34% lower than the Ohio state average and 7% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.31% on a median home value of $141,800. Property taxes represent 3.3% of the median household income in this county.
Trumbull County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Trumbull County's 1.31% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 18%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Ohio counties by effective rate
Trumbull County ranks #13 of 88 counties in Ohio by effective rate (85% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Ohio median
Homeowners in Trumbull County pay a median annual property tax of $1,856, modestly below the national median and well below the Ohio state median. On a $141,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.31% 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 Trumbull County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.3% of the $56,435 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Trumbull 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Trumbull County's effective rate fell 13.0% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 34.4%, leaving the median bill 16.9% higher at $1,856. That rate move is larger than the one in 54% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 $1,588 to $1,856, a gain of 17%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 14,844 of 61,705 owner-occupied homes (24.1%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 3.3% of median household income. Neither figure is remarkable on its own; the combination is, and the ratio above is the only part of it a household actually feels.
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 Trumbull County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Trumbull County homeowners, 14,844 of 61,705 owner-occupied homes (24.1%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 13.1% (8,104)
- $800 to $1,499 23.2% (14,305)
- $1,500 to $1,999 17.0% (10,506)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.5% (12,023)
- $3,000 or more 24.1% (14,844)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,923 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
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Trumbull County pay about the same bill, a 7% gap.
Trumbull County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Trumbull County's effective rate is higher than 85% of the 88 counties in Ohio - ranking #13 of 88.
Where Trumbull County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.31% more affordable than 18% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Ohio, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 0% of the Ohio median, yet the median bill runs 34% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $1,856 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Trumbull County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Trumbull County | Ohio Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.3% | - | - |
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.
Trumbull County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Trumbull County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $141,800 median home carries a $1,856 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $186 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Ohio.
Trumbull County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,856 +2.8% | 1.31% |
| 2023 | $1,806 +3.4% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | $1,746 +6.2% | 1.44% |
| 2021 | $1,644 +3.5% | 1.50% |
| 2020 | $1,588 | 1.51% |
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.
Trumbull County: tax-to-income at 3.3%
Counties near Trumbull County's effective rate
On effective rate, Trumbull County sits nearest Belknap County (NH), Dawson County (NE), Shiawassee County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Oconto County (WI), Baltimore County (MD), Lauderdale County (TN).
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
Trumbull County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,690 of 97,990 returns from Trumbull County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,734 - 33% 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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Trumbull County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Trumbull County?
- Trumbull County, Ohio scores F (39/100) 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+ (+$124). 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 Trumbull County, Ohio?
- The median annual property tax in Trumbull County is $1,856, an effective rate of 1.31% on a $141,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Trumbull County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Trumbull County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.31% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Trumbull County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Trumbull County climbed 16.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,588 to $1,856, 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 Trumbull County?
- Property taxes in Trumbull County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.3% of the $56,435 median household income.
What to do with Trumbull County's STEEP rate
Inside Ohio, Trumbull County's $1,856 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Ohio overview →
Trumbull County ranks #13 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 Trumbull County's STEEP 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: 1.31%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,856/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Trumbull County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Trumbull County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Lincoln County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Trumbull County at $1,856/yr; rate 0.58% vs Trumbull County 1.31%.
Jefferson County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,857/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Trumbull County 1.31%.
Potter County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,857/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.21% vs Trumbull County 1.31%.
Ashland County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,858/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.99% vs Trumbull County 1.31%.
Ohio county set
State ACS overview for every published Ohio county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Trumbull County stamps STEEP · MID - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Trumbull County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.