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Columbus
Columbus is in Franklin County, with part of it in Delaware and Fairfield Counties. A home its owner lives in here pays about $1,576 a year for every $100,000 of the county’s value on it, on the 2025 rates, and its homes are in 7 school districts, most of them in Columbus City Schools District.
What a home in Columbus pays
$1,576 a year for every $100,000 of a home’s value, tax year 2025
A home the county values at $200,000 pays about $3,151 a year; at $300,000, about $4,727. That is the whole property tax bill on a home its owner lives in, after House Bill 920’s reduction and the state’s rollback credits, before the homestead exemption.
Across Franklin County, the same home pays $1,841 on average, so a home in Columbus pays 14% less. The average weights each taxing district by its homes’ value.
| Who | Mills on a home | Share of the rate |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | 29.12 | 65% |
| The county | 10.52 | 23% |
| Columbus | 2.75 | 6% |
| The library | 2.31 | 5% |
| The community college | 0.32 | 1% |
| All | 45.02 | 100% |
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Shares of the 45.02 mills a home here is charged, in the taxing district holding most of Columbus’ homes; a street on another bill can pay a little more or less. A home’s value is the county’s value for it, not a sale price. Check your own bill.
Homeowners 65 and over in Columbus
27% of the homes their owners live in, in Columbus, belong to someone 65 or older — about 46,000 homes.
Franklin County: 28% · 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.
2Home values
What homes are worth against what they are taxed on
What homes in Columbus are worth
$243,122 Zillow’s typical home value, -1.1% in a year
What a home is taxed on is the county’s value for it, which moves when the county resets values, not every month: Franklin County’s home values set the two side by side. Home prices and rents in Columbus →
3Levies & the ballot
Every levy collected here, and what is on the ballot
Columbus’ own levies
On the same bill, what Columbus charges a home here, after the state’s reduction and credits.
| First approved | Purpose | Mills on a home |
|---|---|---|
| Never | Current expense Inside millage: no vote was ever taken on it | 2.223 |
| Never | Fireman'S Fund Inside millage: no vote was ever taken on it | 0.263 |
| Never | Police Pension Inside millage: no vote was ever taken on it | 0.263 |
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The schools’, the county’s and the library’s levies are on the same bill: Columbus City Schools District’s levies, every levy in Franklin County. A year of 1976 means that year or earlier: the state files every levy voted before House Bill 920 took effect under 1976.
Columbus on the November 3, 2026 ballot
Every tax issue asked by a body that taxes homes in Columbus: 13 on this ballot.
A township on its bills
- Madison Township: New property tax, 1.99 mills · Police · part of Columbus only
- Madison Township: New property tax, 4.89 mills · Fire & EMS · part of Columbus only
- Mifflin Township: New property tax, 6.96 mills · Police · part of Columbus only
- Orange Township: New property tax, 1 mill · Roads · part of Columbus only
- Orange Township: Renewal property tax, 1 mill · Parks · part of Columbus only
- Truro Township: Renewal and decrease property tax, 1 mill · General operating · part of Columbus only
Its school districts
- Pickerington Local: New income tax, 0.75% · Schools · part of Columbus only
- Upper Arlington City: New combination, 4.9 mills and a $273.5 million bond · Schools · part of Columbus only
Its counties and their boards
- Delaware County: New property tax, 1.8 mills · Developmental disabilities · part of Columbus only
- Delaware Area Career Center: Renewal and decrease property tax, 0.35 mills · Buildings · part of Columbus only
- Delaware County Regional Transit Authority: New sales tax, 0.2% · Transit · part of Columbus only
- Delaware-Morrow Health & Recovery Services Board: Renewal and increase property tax, 2 mills · General operating · part of Columbus only
Its library, fire, park and other districts
- Pickerington Library: New property tax, 1.5 mills · Library · part of Columbus only
Matched from who levies on Columbus’ tax bills, in the state’s levy file, to who asks on the Secretary of State’s list. Which issues reach a particular home depends on its own bill. Every tax issue on the ballot in Franklin County →
4Schools
Scores, spending and budgets
Columbus’ school districts
Its homes are in 7 school districts, most of its home value first. Which one a home is in is printed on its tax bill.
Columbus City Schools District 58% of Columbus’ home value
Its school levies cost a home about $1,019 a year for every $100,000. Its pupils’ test scores rank 597th of Ohio’s 607 districts, and the state rates their Progress 3 of 5. In 2024-25 it spent $25,649 per student to run its schools.
Worthington City 8% of Columbus’ home value
Its school levies cost a home about $1,660 a year for every $100,000. Its pupils’ test scores rank 150th of Ohio’s 607 districts, and the state rates their Progress 4 of 5. In 2024-25 it spent $19,496 per student to run its schools.
Hilliard City 7% of Columbus’ home value
Its school levies cost a home about $1,361 a year for every $100,000. Its pupils’ test scores rank 216th of Ohio’s 607 districts, and the state rates their Progress 5 of 5. In 2024-25 it spent $16,080 per student to run its schools.
South-Western City 6% of Columbus’ home value
Its school levies cost a home about $785 a year for every $100,000. Its pupils’ test scores rank 492nd of Ohio’s 607 districts, and the state rates their Progress 4 of 5. In 2024-25 it spent $16,173 per student to run its schools.
Dublin City 5% of Columbus’ home value
Its school levies cost a home about $1,451 a year for every $100,000. Its pupils’ test scores rank 109th of Ohio’s 607 districts, and the state rates their Progress 4 of 5. In 2024-25 it spent $19,065 per student to run its schools.
Westerville City 4% of Columbus’ home value
Its school levies cost a home about $1,209 a year for every $100,000. Its pupils’ test scores rank 279th of Ohio’s 607 districts, and the state rates their Progress 3 of 5. In 2024-25 it spent $17,495 per student to run its schools.
Groveport Madison Local 3% of Columbus’ home value
Its school levies cost a home about $790 a year for every $100,000. Its pupils’ test scores rank 547th of Ohio’s 607 districts, and the state rates their Progress 4 of 5. In 2024-25 it spent $16,505 per student to run its schools.
The state’s own figures: the Department of Taxation’s certified tax rates, the School Report Card and the District Profile Report. Test scores follow family income closely; Progress follows it much less.
5Unpaid & foreclosures
What goes unpaid, and cases filed in court
Unpaid property tax and foreclosure cases are counted by county: Franklin County’s unpaid tax and foreclosures →
6Reappraisals
When values reset next
Values are reset county by county, every three years: when Franklin County resets values next →
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.