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Ashtabula County

Ohio · tax year 2025

$91M a year, billed to homes and farms

$43.19 per $1,000 of taxable value — 1.51% of appraised value · 20th highest rate of 88

48% to schools · taxable value $2.47B, +31% in three years

Where Ashtabula County’s $91M goes

  • Schools $44M
  • Fire, police, roads & local services $24M
  • County services $13M
  • Career-technical schools $4M
  • Other services $2M
  • Libraries $2M
  • Parks $2M

How it was approved

$73M passed by voters · 80% levies approved at the ballot, in any year $18M never on a ballot · 20% inside millage, levied without a vote

Of the $44M to schools, $37M was voted and $7M is unvoted inside millage.

Where these school districts’ money comes from: 31% local taxes, mostly this property tax · 51% the state, from income, sales and cigarette taxes and the lottery · 18% federal money and fees. The state’s share is never on a property tax bill. The Schools section has it district by district. Where the money comes from is the state’s split, by the accounting code each district files it under. A district’s bookkeeping can put local money, such as payments from development (TIF) districts, in another column.

Homes and farmland (Class I) at the certified net rates, before the homestead exemption. Commercial property is rated separately.

Homeowners 65 and over in Ashtabula County

34% of the homes their owners live in, in Ashtabula County, belong to someone 65 or older — about 10,000 homes.

Ohio: 33%

Owners who are 65 or older, or disabled, can claim Ohio’s homestead exemption, which takes part of a home’s value off the bill; most must have an income under the state’s limit. From the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 five-year estimates (table B25007, owner-occupied homes by the age of the householder). A survey, so every figure has a margin of error.

What goes unpaid in Ashtabula County is under Unpaid & foreclosures →

The school districts in Ashtabula County

Each has its own page, with the same chapters as this one. The district with the most of the county’s homes comes first; a heading sorts by its column.

District School levies per $100,000 Test scores Spent per student
Ashtabula Area City 21% of the homes here $743 590th of 607 $19,092
Geneva Area City 19% of the homes here $609 458th of 607 $15,918
Jefferson Area Local 15% of the homes here $649 327th of 607 $12,488
Grand Valley Local 13% of the homes here $559 438th of 607 $18,579
Buckeye Local 11% of the homes here $607 367th of 607 $13,792
Pymatuning Valley Local 10% of the homes here $642 439th of 607 $17,164
Conneaut Area City 10% of the homes here $705 457th of 607 $16,466

Swipe sideways for more columns.

School levies: what each district’s own levies charge a home its owner lives in, for every $100,000 the county values it at, tax year 2025. Test scores: the Performance Index rank among Ohio’s traditional districts, 2025-26. Spent per student: operating spending over enrolled pupils, 2024-25. Each district’s page says where every figure comes from.

The towns in Ashtabula County

Each has its own page: what a home there pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.

Cities and villages

Andover · Ashtabula · Conneaut · Geneva · Geneva-on-the-Lake · Jefferson · North Kingsville · Orwell · Roam Rock Shore · Rock Creek

Townships

Andover · Ashtabula · Austinburg · Cherry Valley · Colebrook · Denmark · Dorset · Geneva · Harpersfield · Hartsgrove · Jefferson · Kingsville · Lenox · Monroe · Morgan · New Lyme · Orwell · Pierpont · Plymouth · Richmond · Rome · Saybrook · Sheffield · Trumbull · Wayne · Williamsfield · Windsor

Then your own bill

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This is an estimate built from public records — not tax, legal or financial advice, and not an appraisal. Only your county’s own statement is authoritative about your bill. If you’re thinking of challenging your value, confirm the details with your county’s Board of Revision or a property-tax professional. The full terms.