2025 Real Estate taxes (payable 2026) were certified on January 7, 2026. 2026 Manufactured Home taxes (payable 2026) were certified on January 7, 2026. The full year tax includes all unpaid taxes and special assessments. Tax amounts may be verified and taxes paid through the Lorain County Treasurer’s Office at loraincountytreasurer.gov. Please direct tax questions to the Lorain County Treasurer's Office at 440-329-5787.

Tax rates may change even in tax districts that did not have additional levies pass or existing levies expire. The millage of a levy is based on the amount of additional money a district is trying to collect when the levy is put on the ballot, divided by the total value of real estate in that district . Once that levy is passed, it is the amount of money that is fixed, not the millage. When property values drop, unless the millage is increased, the amount of money being collected will decrease. Therefore, as a result of property values decreasing, the millage must increase in order to continue to bring in the same amount of money that was agreed to when the levy passed. Conversely, when property values increase, the millage may decrease to avoid over-collecting the amount of money passed in the levy.

This explains why the percentage increase or decrease in property value DOES NOT equate to the same percentage change in property taxes.

A detailed explanation of local real estate taxes can be found in the Local Real Estate Taxes Handbook.

November 4, 2025 General Election levies