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Jefferson County

Ohio · tax year 2025

$42M a year, billed to homes and farms

$37.95 per $1,000 of taxable value — 1.33% of appraised value · 39th highest rate of 88

57% to schools · taxable value $1.49B, +11% in three years

Where Jefferson County’s $42M goes

  • Schools $24M
  • Fire, police, roads & local services $9M
  • County services $6M
  • Career-technical schools $2M
  • Libraries $632K
  • Other services $499K

How it was approved

$32M passed by voters · 77% levies approved at the ballot, in any year $10M never on a ballot · 23% inside millage, levied without a vote

Of the $24M to schools, $19M was voted and $5M is unvoted inside millage.

Where these school districts’ money comes from: 42% local taxes, mostly this property tax · 41% the state, from income, sales and cigarette taxes and the lottery · 17% 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 Jefferson County

40% of the homes their owners live in, in Jefferson County, belong to someone 65 or older — about 7,700 homes, give or take 2 points.

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 Jefferson County is under Unpaid & foreclosures →

The school districts in Jefferson 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
Indian Creek Local 32% of the homes here $857 431st of 607 $15,273
Edison Local 27% of the homes here $688 227th of 607 $17,828
Buckeye Local 18% of the homes here $578 534th of 607 $21,912
Steubenville City 14% of the homes here $675 26th of 607 $14,232
Toronto City 8% of the homes here $712 430th of 607 $17,538
Southern Local <1% of the homes here · based in Columbiana County $648 564th of 607 $20,876
Harrison Hills City <1% of the homes here · based in Harrison County $689 528th of 607 $20,112

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 Jefferson County

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

Cities and villages

Adena · Amsterdam · Bergholz · Bloomingdale · Dillonvale · Empire · Irondale · Mingo Junction · Mount Pleasant · New Alexandria · Rayland · Richmond · Steubenville · Stratton · Tiltonsville · Toronto · Wintersville · Yorkville

Townships

Brush Creek · Cross Creek · Island Creek · Knox · Mount Pleasant · Ross · Salem · Saline · Smithfield · Springfield · Steubenville · Warren · Wayne · Wells

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: Belmont · Harrison · Carroll · Columbiana

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.