$205M a year, billed to homes and farms
$42.72 per $1,000 of taxable value — 1.50% of appraised value · 22nd highest rate of 88
63% to schools · taxable value $5.89B, +36% in three years
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Portage County
Where Portage County’s $205M goes
- Schools $129M
- County services $32M
- Fire, police, roads & local services $30M
- Career-technical schools $6M
- Libraries $4M
- Parks $4M
- Other services $884K
How it was approved
$164M passed by voters · 80%
levies approved at the ballot, in any year
$41M never on a ballot · 20%
inside millage, levied without a vote
Of the $129M to schools, $106M was voted and $22M is unvoted inside millage.
Where these school districts’ money comes from: 53% local taxes, mostly this property tax · 34% the state, from income, sales and cigarette taxes and the lottery · 13% 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 Portage County
34% of the homes their owners live in, in Portage County, belong to someone 65 or older — about 16,000 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 Portage County is under Unpaid & foreclosures →
The school districts in Portage 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 activate to sort by District | School levies per $100,000 activate to sort by School levies per $100,000 | Test scores activate to sort by Test scores | Spent per student activate to sort by Spent per student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora City 20% of the homes here | $1,171 | 29th of 607 | $18,298 |
| Kent City 12% of the homes here | $1,084 | 241st of 607 | $21,466 |
| Field Local 12% of the homes here | $865 | 288th of 607 | $13,507 |
| Streetsboro City 10% of the homes here | $982 | 381st of 607 | $16,992 |
| Crestwood Local 10% of the homes here | $649 | 373rd of 607 | $18,874 |
| Ravenna City 8% of the homes here | $1,013 | 563rd of 607 | $17,356 |
| Southeast Local 8% of the homes here | $673 | 385th of 607 | $17,261 |
| Rootstown Local 6% of the homes here | $770 | 335th of 607 | $15,489 |
| Waterloo Local 6% of the homes here | $632 | 444th of 607 | $16,258 |
| James A Garfield Local 5% of the homes here | $540 | 248th of 607 | $16,016 |
| Windham Exempted Village 1% of the homes here | $784 | 551st of 607 | $21,999 |
| Mogadore Local 1% of the homes here · based in Summit County | $1,227 | 239th of 607 | $16,945 |
| Stow-Munroe Falls City <1% of the homes here · based in Summit County | $1,156 | 226th of 607 | $15,376 |
| Springfield Local <1% of the homes here · based in Summit County | $924 | 542nd of 607 | $16,657 |
| Tallmadge City <1% of the homes here · based in Summit County | $1,207 | 289th of 607 | $14,934 |
| West Branch Local <1% of the homes here · based in Mahoning County | $516 | 129th of 607 | $14,519 |
| Lake Local <1% of the homes here · based in Stark County | $1,065 | 62nd of 607 | $12,584 |
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 Portage County
Each has its own page: what a home there pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Cities and villages
Aurora · Garrettsville · Hiram · Kent · Mantua · Ravenna · Streetsboro · Sugar Bush Knolls · Windham
Townships
Atwater · Brimfield · Charlestown · Deerfield · Edinburg · Franklin · Freedom · Hiram · Mantua · Nelson · Palmyra · Paris · Randolph · Ravenna · Rootstown · Shalersville · Suffield · Windham
Then your own bill
A county figure is a county figure. Your bill is your own taxing district’s rate on your own value.
Next door, clockwise from the north: Trumbull · Mahoning · Stark · Summit · Geauga
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.