Ohio · County property tax · ACS 2024
Vinton County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Vinton County pays $1,469 a year, an effective rate of 0.98%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,469
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.98%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -26%
- vs U.S. average
- #63 of 88
- rank in OH
The verdict
Homeowners in Vinton County pay a median $1,469 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.98%, more affordable than 37% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,469
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.98%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1972 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -26%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($150,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Ohio. Population: 12,630. Owner-occupied homes: 4,024.
The median annual property tax in Vinton County is $1,469, which is 48% lower than the Ohio state average and 26% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.98% on a median home value of $150,000. Property taxes represent 2.7% of the median household income in this county.
Vinton County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Vinton County's 0.98% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 37%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Vinton County pay a median annual property tax of $1,469, well below the national median and well below the Ohio state median. On a $150,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.98% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Ohio counties by effective rate
Vinton County ranks #63 of 88 counties in Ohio by effective rate (28% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Vinton County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $55,336 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 2.6%, from $1,432 to $1,469. 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 Vinton 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 $1,128 to $1,469. 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 1,162 of 4,024 owner-occupied homes (28.9%). 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 2.7% 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 Vinton County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Vinton County homeowners, 1,162 of 4,024 owner-occupied homes (28.9%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 20.6% (829)
- $800 to $1,499 28.9% (1,162)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.5% (503)
- $2,000 to $2,999 23.8% (958)
- $3,000 or more 10.8% (436)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
136 homes here (3.4%) 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 Vinton County pay a substantially higher bill, 35% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Vinton County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Vinton County's effective rate is higher than 28% of the 88 counties in Ohio - ranking #63 of 88.
Where Vinton County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.98% more affordable than 37% 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 Vinton County moved from $1,128 in the 2020 release to $1,469 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.
Vinton County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Vinton 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 | 2.7% | - | - |
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.
Vinton County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Ohio counties.
Vinton County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,469 +2.6% | 0.98% |
| 2023 | $1,432 +5.9% | 1.09% |
| 2022 | $1,352 +14.6% | 1.10% |
| 2021 | $1,180 +4.6% | 1.20% |
| 2020 | $1,128 | 1.19% |
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.
Vinton County: tax-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Vinton County's effective rate
On effective rate, Vinton County sits nearest Wells County (ND), Hertford County (NC), Logan County (NE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Inyo County (CA), Grant County (MN), Mason County (WA).
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
Vinton County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 40 of 5,270 returns from Vinton County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,375 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $10-25k 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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Vinton County rate FAQs
- How does Vinton County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Vinton County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.98% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Vinton County, Ohio?
- The median annual property tax in Vinton County is $1,469, an effective rate of 0.98% on a $150,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Vinton County?
- Vinton County, Ohio scores D (45/100) 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+ (2.71×). 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 Vinton County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Vinton County is recorded at $1,469 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,128 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 4,024 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 Vinton County?
- Property taxes in Vinton County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $55,336 median household income.
What to do with Vinton County's UNDER rate
Vinton County's $1,469 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 →
Vinton County ranks #63 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 Vinton 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: 0.98%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,469/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Vinton County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Vinton County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Belmont County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Vinton County at $1,469/yr; rate 0.95% vs Vinton County 0.98%.
DeWitt County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Vinton County at $1,469/yr; rate 0.86% vs Vinton County 0.98%.
Wheeler County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,470/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.39% vs Vinton County 0.98%.
Iron County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,467/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.34% vs Vinton County 0.98%.
Ohio county set
State ACS overview for every published Ohio county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Vinton 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 Vinton County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.