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Washington County

Ohio · tax year 2025

$56M a year, billed to homes and farms

$35.22 per $1,000 of taxable value — 1.23% of appraised value · 57th highest rate of 88

67% to schools · taxable value $1.86B, +21% in three years

Where Washington County’s $56M goes

  • Schools $37M
  • County services $9M
  • Fire, police, roads & local services $7M
  • Career-technical schools $2M

How it was approved

$42M passed by voters · 75% levies approved at the ballot, in any year $14M never on a ballot · 25% inside millage, levied without a vote

Of the $37M to schools, $31M was voted and $6M is unvoted inside millage.

Where these school districts’ money comes from: 42% local taxes, mostly this property tax · 42% 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 Washington County

38% of the homes their owners live in, in Washington County, belong to someone 65 or older — about 7,000 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 Washington County is under Unpaid & foreclosures →

The school districts in Washington 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
Marietta City 36% of the homes here $730 488th of 607 $15,304
Warren Local 28% of the homes here $773 302nd of 607 $12,747
Belpre City 14% of the homes here $1,154 476th of 607 $15,951
Fort Frye Local 8% of the homes here $558 184th of 607 $18,823
Frontier Local 7% of the homes here $597 496th of 607 $18,332
Wolf Creek Local 6% of the homes here $662 388th of 607 $18,701
Caldwell Exempted Village <1% of the homes here · based in Noble County $746 539th of 607 $19,773
Morgan Local <1% of the homes here · based in Morgan County $666 466th of 607 $20,453

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 Washington County

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

Cities and villages

Belpre · Beverly · Lowell · Lower Salem · Macksburg · Marietta · Matamoras

Townships

Adams · Aurelius · Barlow · Belpre · Decatur · Dunham · Fairfield · Fearing · Grandview · Independence · Lawrence · Liberty · Ludlow · Marietta · Muskingum · Newport · Palmer · Salem · Warren · Waterford · Watertown · Wesley

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: Noble · Monroe · Athens · Morgan

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.