Muskingum County

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Zone 11 · Northeast Central

Regional Captain: Elayne Cross

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Building Formerly Williams Bakery

Zanesville, OH 43701

626 Market Street

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Muskingum County at a glance

Population: 86,410
Median home (2024) Median home (2024) The midpoint value of owner-occupied homes — half the county's homes are worth more, half less. Source: the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates (table B25077), which reflect what owners estimate their home is worth, not sale prices. The year shown is the most recent one published.: $182,200
Assessment ratio (2023) Assessment ratio (2023) How close the county auditor's appraised values are to what homes actually sell for. The Ohio Department of Taxation compares the auditor's appraised value to the real sale price on arm's-length sales and publishes a median ratio for each city and township; this figure combines those into one county number, weighted by each area's number of sales. 100% means appraisals matched sale prices. 75% means the typical home was appraised at about three-quarters of what it sold for; above 100% means the typical home was appraised for more than it sold for. It describes the county as a whole — any individual property can be far off it. (Ohio bills tax on 35% of appraised value; that 35% is fixed by statute and is not what this ratio measures.): 67.98%
Median income: $59,203
School districts: 6
Last Reappraisal Last Reappraisal Ohio counties reappraise every property every six years, with a lighter 'update' three years in between (ORC §5713.01). The values set in that year drive tax bills until the next one. Dates come from the Ohio Department of Taxation's published sexennial reappraisal and triennial update schedule.: 2024
Next Update Next Update Ohio counties reappraise every property every six years, with a lighter 'update' three years in between (ORC §5713.01). The values set in that year drive tax bills until the next one. Dates come from the Ohio Department of Taxation's published sexennial reappraisal and triennial update schedule.: 2027

Property Tax Lien Foreclosure History

Total filed Lost to sheriff sale

554 554

2015: 554 filed

2015: 29 lost to sale

15 2015

475 475

2016: 475 filed

2016: 48 lost to sale

16 2016

671 671

2017: 671 filed

2017: 46 lost to sale

17 2017

589 589

2018: 589 filed

2018: 32 lost to sale

18 2018

564 564

2019: 564 filed

2019: 18 lost to sale

19 2019

429 429

2020: 429 filed

2020: 29 lost to sale

20 2020

591 591

2021: 591 filed

2021: 41 lost to sale

21 2021

463 463

2022: 463 filed

2022: 38 lost to sale

22 2022

368 368

2023: 368 filed

2023: 33 lost to sale

23 2023

419 419

2024: 419 filed

2024: 35 lost to sale

24 2024

594 594

2025: 594 filed

2025: 44 lost to sale

25 2025

Why are 2019–2021 cases mostly still active? Ohio's COVID-19 emergency orders (beginning March 2020) imposed a foreclosure moratorium that paused most delinquent tax lien proceedings for over a year. Cases filed before and during the freeze accumulated in county courts and many are still working toward a final outcome — either a sheriff sale or a dismissal once the homeowner resolves the debt.

Why does Assessment Ratio have gaps? The Ohio Department of Taxation only publishes this figure for years when Muskingum County underwent its sexennial reappraisal or triennial update — not every year in between. A dash means no study was conducted that year, not that the county was accurately assessed.

Metric	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Treasurer Filed Foreclosures Treasurer Filed Foreclosures Tax lien foreclosure cases the county Treasurer filed against properties with unpaid property taxes — usually brought by the county Prosecutor on the Treasurer's behalf. Counted from the county's own court records, year by year; the source is linked below this table.	554	475	671	589	564	429	591	463	368	419	594
3rd Party Investor Filed Foreclosures 3rd Party Investor Filed Foreclosures Foreclosure cases filed by a third-party investor — a private company that bought delinquent tax liens from the county and then went to court to collect on them. Ohio counties may sell tax liens this way under ORC §§5721.30–5721.43, and once sold it is the investor, not the county, that files the case.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lost to Sale Lost to Sale Cases that ended with the property sold at sheriff's sale — the owner lost the home. This can only be determined by reading each case on the court docket, so a dash means we don't have that breakdown for the year yet, not that the number was zero.	29	48	46	32	18	29	41	38	33	35	44
Dismissed Dismissed Cases closed without a sheriff's sale — typically because the owner paid off the delinquent taxes or worked out a payment plan. Also read case by case from the docket.	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	9	0
Pending Pending Cases filed but not yet resolved by a sheriff's sale, dismissal, or other closure — still working their way through the court system. Where the court publishes a case status we use it directly; otherwise this is that year's filings minus the cases lost to sale and dismissed.	525	427	625	557	542	400	550	425	325	375	550
% Lost % Lost Lost to Sale divided by Treasurer Filed Foreclosures for the same year, rounded to a whole percent. A case filed one year may not sell until a later one, so read this as that year's rate rather than the eventual fate of that year's exact cases.	5%	10%	7%	5%	3%	7%	7%	8%	9%	8%	7%
Median Home Value Median Home Value The midpoint value of owner-occupied homes — half the county's homes are worth more, half less. Source: the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates (table B25077), which reflect what owners estimate their home is worth, not sale prices. The year shown is the most recent one published.	$108,600	$110,500	$112,500	$116,200	$120,200	$126,400	$132,800	$156,100	$170,100	$182,200	—
% Value Change % Value Change Year-over-year change in the Median Home Value row above, rounded to the nearest whole percent. It is only computed when that year and the one before it both have a value, so it is never carried across a gap in the data.	—	2%	2%	3%	3%	5%	5%	18%	9%	7%	—
Assessment Ratio Assessment Ratio How close the county auditor's appraised values are to what homes actually sell for. The Ohio Department of Taxation compares the auditor's appraised value to the real sale price on arm's-length sales and publishes a median ratio for each city and township; this figure combines those into one county number, weighted by each area's number of sales. 100% means appraisals matched sale prices. 75% means the typical home was appraised at about three-quarters of what it sold for; above 100% means the typical home was appraised for more than it sold for. It describes the county as a whole — any individual property can be far off it. (Ohio bills tax on 35% of appraised value; that 35% is fixed by statute and is not what this ratio measures.)	89.93%	85.18%	82.03%	91.64%	85.2%	81.66%	80.23%	70.77%	67.98%	—	—

What This Data Means

In 2016, 10% of Muskingum County families who entered tax lien foreclosure lost their home to a sheriff sale — the highest rate in our 11-year dataset.
Since 2015, 393 Muskingum County families have permanently lost their homes to property tax lien foreclosure.
Tax lien foreclosures in Muskingum County have increased by 7% since 2015.

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About this data: Data obtained from the Muskingum County Clerk of Courts' online case search (Tax Foreclosure docket), reflecting cases filed by the Muskingum County Treasurer, 2015–2025. Median home value for 2025 is not available: the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (the source for this row) had not yet published that vintage as of this data's retrieval date. Assessment ratio data is not available for 2024-2025: neither of the Ohio Department of Taxation's sales-ratio studies (SRD04 or the archived PS1&2) covers those year(s) for this county.

Source: Muskingum County Clerk of Courts (CV Tax Foreclosure case type). These are property tax lien foreclosures only — not mortgage foreclosures.

Assessment ratio: Ohio Department of Taxation, SRD04 — Residential Sales Statistics by Political Subdivision (2020–present) and PS1&2 — Sales Ratios of Real Property, By Class of Property and County (2015–2018, archived).

All data is sourced from publicly available government records including individual county court portals, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Ohio Department of Taxation. AxOHTax makes no warranty as to the accuracy of compiled figures. Users should verify data independently for official purposes.