Cuyahoga county recently published 2023 property rates. Property taxes are paid in arrears in Cuyahoga County which means that 2023 taxes are paid in 2024.
I reviewed the list and here are the highlights:
- the average property tax rate in Cuyahoga County is 2.58%. Property taxes average around 1.10% in the United States as a a whole, and about 1.40% in the state of Ohio. Cuyahoga county has the highest average rate in the state.
- about half of the states in the US have average property tax rates of 1% or less....so to the rest of the country (with a few exceptions like Illinois and some areas of the east coast) our property tax rates are very high
- the cities with the lowest rates in the county
- Brooklyn Hts (1.70%)
- Cuyahoga Hts (1.70%)
- Independence (1.84%)
- Valley View (1.76%)
- Westlake (1.94%)
- the cities with the highest rates
- Cleveland Hts (3.74%)
- Garfield Hts (3.55%)
- Maple Hts (3.16%)
- Newburgh Hts (3.17%)
- Shaker Hts (3.90%)
- University Hts (3.76%)
- Lakewood has been known as a high property tax city but at 2.63% is only slightly above average
- Bay Village also has a higher property tax rate at 2.80%
For a full list of all tax rates in Cuyahoga County: https://www.donpetrasek.com/buyers/cuyahoga-county-2023-property-tax-rates-by-city/
