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Fostoria
Fostoria is in Seneca County, with part of it in Hancock and Wood Counties. A home its owner lives in here pays about $1,628 a year for every $100,000 of the county’s value on it, on the 2025 rates, and its homes are in 2 school districts, most of them in Fostoria City.
What a home in Fostoria pays
$1,628 a year for every $100,000 of a home’s value, tax year 2025
A home the county values at $200,000 pays about $3,256 a year; at $300,000, about $4,883. 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 Seneca County, the same home pays $1,209 on average, so a home in Fostoria pays 35% more. The average weights each taxing district by its homes’ value.
| Who | Mills on a home | Share of the rate |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | 31.56 | 65% |
| The county | 5.30 | 11% |
| Fostoria | 8.22 | 17% |
| The library | 0.86 | 2% |
| Parks | 0.50 | 1% |
| The career centre | 1.40 | 3% |
| Others | 0.93 | 2% |
| All | 48.77 | 100% |
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Shares of the 48.77 mills a home here is charged, in the taxing district holding most of Fostoria’s 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 Fostoria
33% of the homes their owners live in, in Fostoria, belong to someone 65 or older — about 1,100 homes, give or take 4 points.
Seneca County: 35% · 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 Fostoria are worth
$143,644 Zillow’s typical home value, +3.7% 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: Seneca County’s home values set the two side by side. Home prices and rents in Fostoria →
3Levies & the ballot
Every levy collected here, and what is on the ballot
Fostoria’s own levies
On the same bill, what Fostoria charges a home here, after the state’s reduction and credits.
| First approved | Purpose | Mills on a home |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Current expense | 4.019 |
| Never | Current expense Inside millage: no vote was ever taken on it | 2.450 |
| Never | Current expense Inside millage: no vote was ever taken on it | 1.225 |
| 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: Fostoria City’s levies, every levy in Seneca County. A year of 1976 means that year or earlier: the state files every levy voted before House Bill 920 took effect under 1976.
Fostoria on the November 3, 2026 ballot
Every tax issue asked by a body that taxes homes in Fostoria: 5 on this ballot.
Fostoria
- Renewal property tax, 6 mills · General operating
Its counties and their boards
- Hancock County ADAMHS: Renewal property tax, 1.3 mills · Mental health · part of Fostoria only
- Hancock County Agency on Aging: Renewal property tax, 1.2 mills · Seniors · part of Fostoria only
- Mental Health Recovery Services: Renewal property tax, 0.7 mills · Mental health · part of Fostoria only
- Wood County: Renewal property tax, 1 mill · Seniors · part of Fostoria only
Matched from who levies on Fostoria’s 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 Seneca County →
4Schools
Scores, spending and budgets
Fostoria’s school districts
Its homes are in 2 school districts, most of its home value first. Which one a home is in is printed on its tax bill.
Fostoria City 96% of Fostoria’s home value
Its school levies cost a home about $1,035 a year for every $100,000. Its pupils’ test scores rank 578th of Ohio’s 607 districts, and the state rates their Progress 1 of 5. In 2024-25 it spent $16,139 per student to run its schools.
Arcadia Local 2% of Fostoria’s home value
Its school levies cost a home about $674 a year for every $100,000. Its pupils’ test scores rank 147th of Ohio’s 607 districts, and the state rates their Progress 2 of 5. In 2024-25 it spent $16,105 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: Seneca County’s unpaid tax and foreclosures →
6Reappraisals
When values reset next
Values are reset county by county, every three years: when Seneca 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.