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Springfield Township
Springfield Township is in Ross County. A home its owner lives in here pays about $1,001 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 Zane Trace Local.
What a home in Springfield Township pays
$1,001 a year for every $100,000 of a home’s value, tax year 2025
A home the county values at $200,000 pays about $2,003 a year; at $300,000, about $3,004. 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 Ross County, the same home pays $1,075 on average, so a home in Springfield Township pays 7% less. The average weights each taxing district by its homes’ value.
| Who | Mills on a home | Share of the rate |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | 18.20 | 60% |
| The county | 6.42 | 21% |
| Springfield Township | 2.54 | 8% |
| The library | 0.85 | 3% |
| The career centre | 1.75 | 6% |
| Others | 0.48 | 2% |
| All | 30.24 | 100% |
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Shares of the 30.24 mills a home here is charged, in the taxing district holding most of Springfield Township’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 Springfield Township
40% of the homes their owners live in, in Springfield Township, belong to someone 65 or older — about 300 homes, give or take 14 points.
Ross 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.
The Census counts a township as a whole, so its figure can take in a village inside it, whose homes have a page of their own.
3Levies & the ballot
Every levy collected here, and what is on the ballot
Springfield Township’s own levies
On the same bill, what Springfield Township charges a home here, after the state’s reduction and credits.
| First approved | Purpose | Mills on a home |
|---|---|---|
| Never | Road And Bridge Inside millage: no vote was ever taken on it | 0.798 |
| Never | Current expense Inside millage: no vote was ever taken on it | 0.665 |
| 1987 | Fire And E.M.S | 0.596 |
| 1992 | Fire And E.M.S | 0.485 |
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The schools’, the county’s and the library’s levies are on the same bill: Zane Trace Local’s levies, every levy in Ross County. A year of 1976 means that year or earlier: the state files every levy voted before House Bill 920 took effect under 1976.
Springfield Township on the November 3, 2026 ballot
Every tax issue asked by a body that taxes homes in Springfield Township: 1 on this ballot.
Ross County and its boards
Matched from who levies on Springfield Township’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 Ross County →
4Schools
Scores, spending and budgets
Springfield Township’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.
Zane Trace Local 89% of Springfield Township’s home value
Its school levies cost a home about $587 a year for every $100,000. Its pupils’ test scores rank 403rd of Ohio’s 607 districts, and the state rates their Progress 1 of 5. In 2024-25 it spent $16,117 per student to run its schools.
Southeastern Local 11% of Springfield Township’s home value
Its school levies cost a home about $566 a year for every $100,000. Its pupils’ test scores rank 331st of Ohio’s 607 districts, and the state rates their Progress 3 of 5. In 2024-25 it spent $17,468 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: Ross County’s unpaid tax and foreclosures →
6Reappraisals
When values reset next
Values are reset county by county, every three years: when Ross 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.