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Columbiana County

Ohio · tax year 2025

$77M a year, billed to homes and farms

$34.39 per $1,000 of taxable value — 1.20% of appraised value · 64th highest rate of 88

65% to schools · taxable value $2.63B, +21% in three years

Where Columbiana County’s $77M goes

  • Schools $50M
  • Fire, police, roads & local services $15M
  • County services $8M
  • Career-technical schools $3M
  • Libraries $335K
  • Other services $158K

How it was approved

$61M passed by voters · 80% levies approved at the ballot, in any year $16M never on a ballot · 20% inside millage, levied without a vote

Of the $50M to schools, $41M was voted and $9M is unvoted inside millage.

Where these school districts’ money comes from: 32% local taxes, mostly this property tax · 52% the state, from income, sales and cigarette taxes and the lottery · 16% 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 Columbiana County

37% of the homes their owners live in, in Columbiana County, belong to someone 65 or older — about 11,000 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 Columbiana County is under Unpaid & foreclosures →

The school districts in Columbiana 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
Salem City 16% of the homes here $955 435th of 607 $13,229
Beaver Local 15% of the homes here $793 253rd of 607 $13,185
United Local 10% of the homes here $626 332nd of 607 $16,197
East Liverpool City 8% of the homes here $738 568th of 607 $17,763
West Branch Local 8% of the homes here · based in Mahoning County $563 129th of 607 $14,519
East Palestine City 7% of the homes here $745 460th of 607 $16,131
Columbiana Exempted Village 7% of the homes here $693 64th of 607 $15,197
Crestview Local 7% of the homes here $804 230th of 607 $15,174
Southern Local 6% of the homes here $662 564th of 607 $20,876
Lisbon Exempted Village 5% of the homes here $686 467th of 607 $18,641
Leetonia Exempted Village 4% of the homes here $807 324th of 607 $21,077
Minerva Local 3% of the homes here · based in Stark County $823 261st of 607 $14,473
Wellsville Local 3% of the homes here $655 556th of 607 $21,097
Alliance City <1% of the homes here · based in Stark County $788 557th of 607 $19,077

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 Columbiana County

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

Cities and villages

Columbiana · East Liverpool · East Palestine · Hanoverton · Leetonia · Lisbon · New Waterford · Rogers · Salem · Salineville · Summitville · Washingtonville · Wellsville

Townships

Butler · Center · Elkrun · Fairfield · Franklin · Hanover · Knox · Liverpool · Madison · Middleton · Perry · Salem · St. Clair · Unity · Washington · Wayne · West · Yellow Creek

Then your own bill

A county figure is a county figure. Your bill is your own taxing district’s rate on your own value.

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Next door, clockwise from the north: Jefferson · Carroll · Stark · Mahoning

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.