Property tax in Crawford County, Pennsylvania
In Crawford County, the property tax bill comes from your city, borough or township's elected tax collector (in the City of Titusville, the Crawford County Treasurer collects the county tax). Every due date for the 2026 bill has passed, and the county had not posted the next cycle's dates when we checked. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Crawford County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Crawford County, Pennsylvania is $2,064 a year, which is about 1.35% of the county's median home value of $153,200. That effective rate is higher than the typical Pennsylvania county (1.27%) and higher than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.
Who sends the property tax bill in Crawford County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from your city, borough or township's elected tax collector (in the City of Titusville, the Crawford County Treasurer collects the county tax). The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Crawford County Assessment Office, 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.
In most of Crawford County the county tax is collected by the elected tax collector of your township or borough, not by a county office, and the county lists all 51 collectors. In the City of Titusville the County Treasurer collects the county tax, while city and school taxes are paid to the City Treasurer of Titusville. The county's online payment site takes current-year payments only for the districts it lists; elsewhere, pay your local collector. Delinquent taxes from earlier years are paid to the Tax Claim Bureau at the Courthouse in Meadville.
When are property taxes due in Crawford County?
Every due date for the 2026 bill has passed, and Crawford County had not posted the next cycle's dates when we checked on September 23, 2026. If that bill is still unpaid, the late-payment rules below apply to it. Counties usually repeat the schedule, but confirm the new dates on your next bill. For the 2026 bill, Crawford County has one due date: June 30, 2026. The county says real estate tax bills are mailed on or before March 1 each year. Paying from March 1 through April 30 earns a discount, the face amount is due in May and June, and a penalty applies from July 1 through December 31. The county publishes this as its standing yearly schedule rather than as dated 2026 notices, so the dates and discount printed on your bill are the ones that count. In 2026, April 30 is a Thursday and June 30 is a Tuesday. From July 1 a penalty is added (Pennsylvania law allows up to 10%), and the bill can still be paid to your tax collector with the penalty through December 31. Tax collectors settle with the county by January 15, and taxes still unpaid then are delinquent and pass to the Crawford County Tax Claim Bureau. The Bureau adds a $15 cost for each lien (county, municipal and school are each a separate lien) and charges interest of 3/4 of 1% a month starting in March. Properties still unpaid can be sold at the Bureau's upset tax sale, held once a year in September.
From Crawford County's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. The county had not posted a calendar labeled for this cycle when we checked, so these dates come from state law and the county's standing schedule; the date on your bill is the one that binds you.
Estimate the property tax on a home in Crawford County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Crawford County's average effective rate of 1.35% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.
Estimated property tax: $2,068 / year
Property tax in Crawford County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $2,064 |
| Median home value | $153,200 |
| Effective tax rate | 1.35% |
| Typical Pennsylvania county rate | 1.27% |
| National median county rate | 0.81% |
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 Crawford County compare in Pennsylvania?
Among Pennsylvania's 67 counties, Crawford County has the 20th highest effective property-tax rate: 19 rank higher and 47 rank lower. That is on the higher side for Pennsylvania. Nationally, it ranks 523rd of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Pennsylvania county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Crawford County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Crawford County's 25,276 owner-occupied homes, 27.9% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 50.6% pay at least $2,000, and 12.6% pay under $800. Another 1.7% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 3,175 | 12.6% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 5,546 | 21.9% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 3,336 | 13.2% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 5,742 | 22.7% |
| $3,000 or more | 7,054 | 27.9% |
| No property tax paid | 423 | 1.7% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,287 and owners without one pay $1,837. 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 Crawford County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $2,064 is about 2.9% of the median income of Crawford County homeowner households, $71,388 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 74.7% of Crawford 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 Crawford County?
Yes. The median bill went from $1,839 in 2015-2019 to $2,064 in 2020-2024, a 12.2% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 35.3%, from $113,200 to $153,200. 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 Crawford County
Crawford County borders 6 counties, 2 of them across the state line.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erie County, PA | 1.6% | $2,830 | $177,000 |
| Crawford County, PA (this county) | 1.35% | $2,064 | $153,200 |
| Warren County, PA | 1.32% | $1,687 | $127,500 |
| Trumbull County, OH | 1.31% | $1,856 | $141,800 |
| Venango County, PA | 1.27% | $1,520 | $119,800 |
| Ashtabula County, OH | 1.21% | $1,928 | $159,500 |
| Mercer County, PA | 1.18% | $1,936 | $164,000 |
How is a home assessed in Crawford County?
Pennsylvania sets the assessment rules and Crawford County applies them. How Pennsylvania assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Crawford County?
Yes, but the amount varies. Pennsylvania's Homestead and Farmstead Exclusion lowers a home's assessed value for school tax, and each school district sets its own exclusion each year. That is the Pennsylvania rule, and it applies in Crawford County. Pennsylvania's exemptions and relief programs in full.
Crawford County does not add relief programs of its own beyond the Pennsylvania ones (checked September 23, 2026).
How to appeal your Crawford County property assessment
In Crawford County you appeal to the Crawford County Board of Assessment Revision. The deadline: Annual appeals must be filed with the Assessment Office on or before August 1, the date the County Commissioners designated, and any change applies to the following tax year. A mailed appeal not postmarked by the deadline is rejected. August 1, 2027 is a Sunday and the county's procedures do not say whether a weekend deadline moves, so the last weekday before it is Friday, July 30, 2027. If you receive a Notice of Change in your assessment, you have 40 days from the date printed on that notice to appeal. The non-refundable filing fee is $25 for an owner-occupied home that is not rented, and the fee must be paid before a hearing is scheduled. Hearings are held on Thursday afternoons from July through the last Thursday in October. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.
How Pennsylvania's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.
Pennsylvania rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Pennsylvania page.
Work out your own numbers
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How much house can I afford?
Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Crawford County's tax rate to hand.
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Mortgage calculator
Monthly payment with principal, interest, tax and insurance, plus what an extra payment saves you.
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Pennsylvania income tax
Brackets, standard deduction and what Pennsylvania actually taxes.
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Sales tax in Crawford County
The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.
Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Crawford County, Pennsylvania: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.