Property values are rising sharply across Butler County following the state-mandated 2026 property reappraisal, with residential and agricultural property values increasing a median of 19 percent countywide. The Butler County Auditor’s Office says the updated values were approved by the Ohio Department of Tax Equalization on June 25 and will apply to the 2026 tax year, payable in 2027. Commercial and industrial property values are also seeing significant increases, rising a median 20 percent countywide. Butler County Auditor Nancy Nix says the increases reflect continued strength in the real estate market. “We must follow the market during a reappraisal per state law and the Ohio Constitution, and market values continue to rise,” Nix said. According to the Auditor’s Office, Butler County’s sales ratio currently sits at about 90 percent of full market value across all taxing districts. Nix says inflation and elevated housing demand over the past six years have played a major role in rising home values, but she noted recent legislation passed by the Ohio General Assembly should help soften the impact on tax bills. “Due to global and national factors, inflation in the residential real estate market over the past six years has been extremely high,” Nix said. “But the new laws passed by the Legislature will prevent the huge tax increases many saw following the 2023 triennial update.” Officials stress that tax bills are often impacted more by voter-approved levies than by property value increases alone.
New levies affecting 2027 tax bills include:
- A countywide 2-mill Board of Developmental Disabilities levy, adding about $70 per $100,000 of property value
- A 4.49-mill Fairfield Township fire levy, adding about $157 per $100,000
- A 2-mill Milford Township Fire/EMS levy, adding about $70 per $100,000
Among Butler County communities, the largest residential and agricultural property increases were seen in:
- Lemon Township: 39%
- New Miami: 32%
- Millville: 31%
- Middletown: 30%
- Wayne Township: 29%
- Reily Township: 28%
- Hamilton: 27%
Some of the lower increases included:
- Fairfield Township: 15%
- Monroe: 15%
- Oxford: 15%
- Fairfield: 12%
Property owners can now view tentative 2026 values on the Butler County Auditor’s website.
Residential and agricultural property owners will also receive updated value notices by mail later this year. Auditor Nix says four public town hall meetings will be scheduled to explain the reappraisal process and answer questions. Dates and locations will be announced later.
Property owners who wish to challenge their valuation may file an appeal through the Butler County Board of Revision between January and March 31, 2027.
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