Property tax in Licking County, Ohio

Who sends the property tax bill in Licking County, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the Licking County Treasurer. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Licking County Auditor, which is who to ask if the value looks wrong. For how to look up and pay the bill, go to the county's own payment information.

The county auditor sets the value and serves as secretary to the Board of Revision, and the county treasurer sends the bill and collects it. Ohio bills a year in arrears, so 2025 taxes are paid in two halves during 2026. The treasurer's page sends readers to the county's OnTrac website for tax information and property search; the due dates could not be confirmed there when this was checked, so use the date printed on your bill. Ohio law adds a 10% penalty to any half left unpaid after its due date, cut to 5% if the full amount due is paid within 10 days after the due date. A mailed payment is on time if it carries a U.S. Postal Service postmark dated on or before the due date; a private postage meter mark does not count.

When are property taxes due in Licking County?

Two semiannual installments (statutory dates: first half by December 31, second half by June 20), but county treasurers commonly extend these, so actual due dates vary by county, often late January-February and late June-July (ORC 323.12).

Licking County does not publish the due dates for its bill on its own pages (checked September 23, 2026), so we do not print any here. The dates on your statement are the ones that bind you; who sends which bill is covered above.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Licking County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Licking County's average effective rate of 1.22% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Property tax in Licking County at a glance

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Licking County compare in Ohio?

Among Ohio's 88 counties, Licking County has the 23rd highest effective property-tax rate: 22 rank higher and 65 rank lower. That is on the higher side for Ohio. Nationally, it ranks 715th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Ohio county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Licking County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Licking County's 50,603 owner-occupied homes, 54% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 72.1% pay at least $2,000, and 5.3% pay under $800. Another 3.3% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $3,568 and owners without one pay $2,954. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.

How does the Licking County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $3,364 is about 3.3% of the median income of Licking County homeowner households, $101,818 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 73.7% of Licking County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Licking County?

Yes. The median bill went from $2,487 in 2015-2019 to $3,364 in 2020-2024, a 35.3% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 61.7%, from $170,200 to $275,200. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Licking County

Licking County borders 7 counties.

How is a home assessed in Licking County?

Ohio assesses homes at 35% of market value in every county, Licking County included. How Ohio assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Licking County?

No. Ohio has no universal homestead exemption; relief is targeted to seniors, the disabled and disabled veterans. That is the Ohio rule, and it applies in Licking County. Ohio's exemptions and relief programs in full.

How to appeal your Licking County property assessment

In Licking County you appeal to the Licking County Board of Revision. The deadline: Under Ohio law, a complaint against the value (form DTE 1) is filed with the county auditor for the Board of Revision by March 31 of the year after the tax year you are disputing, or by the day first-half collection closes if that is later. A mailed complaint counts as filed on its U.S. Postal Service postmark; a private meter postmark does not count. Only one complaint per parcel is allowed in each three-year valuation period unless something changed, such as a sale or damage. A Board of Revision decision can be appealed to the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals, or instead to the county Court of Common Pleas, within 30 days after the decision notice is mailed. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against state law, because Licking County does not restate them on its own pages.

How Ohio's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.

Ohio rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Ohio page.

Work out your own numbers

• How much house can I afford?

  Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Licking County's tax rate to hand.

• Mortgage calculator

  Monthly payment with principal, interest, tax and insurance, plus what an extra payment saves you.

• Ohio income tax

  Brackets, standard deduction and what Ohio actually taxes.

• Sales tax in Licking County

  The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.