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Swanton, Lucas County

Paper Trail has 135 parcels in Swanton from the Lucas County Auditor: owners, values, sales and taxes, as of October 23, 2026.

Property at a glance

135parcels on the county mapSource: Lucas County Auditor, October 23, 2026
56homes (parcels the Auditor classes as a residence)Source: Lucas County Auditor, October 23, 2026
$255,950median appraised value of a homeSource: Lucas County Auditor, land plus building value, October 23, 2026
1home sales in 12 monthsSource: Lucas County Auditor, sales it marks as real sales, October 2025 to September 2026
$3,626typical yearly property tax on a home (median)Source: Lucas County Auditor, tax duplicate, October 23, 2026
30%of parcels are vacant landSource: Lucas County Auditor land use codes, October 23, 2026
85% of homes: the owner gets the tax bill at the home15% absentee: the bill goes to another address

Source: Lucas County Auditor owner mailing addresses, 55 homes with a mailing address, October 23, 2026. A bill mailed to the home is the closest public sign that the owner lives there; it is not proof.

Boundary of Swanton with its parcels shown as shaded squares1/2 mile
135 parcels at the Lucas County Auditor's map points; each square covers about 1 acres, and darker squares hold more parcels. Boundary: Census TIGER/Line 2026. Only the part of Swanton in Lucas County is shown.

Schools

Public schools inside the village line

  • Swanton Elementary Schoolgrades PK to 4, 424 students, Swanton Local districtOhio report card: 3.5 stars
  • Swanton High Schoolgrades 8 to 12, 308 students, Swanton Local districtOhio report card: 3.5 stars
  • Swanton Middle Schoolgrades 5 to 9, 379 students, Swanton Local districtOhio report card: 3.5 stars

Private schools

  • St. Richard Schoolgrades PK to 8, 53 students, Roman Catholic

Schools and students: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, fall 2024 count, and Private School Universe Survey, 2023-24. Ratings: Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, 2025-26 School Report Cards, the state's own overall star rating for each school. A school is listed here when its address sits inside the boundary.

Library

  • Swanton Public Library305 Chestnut St.Open about 47 hours a week

The Swanton Public Library had 22,412 visits and lent 58,758 books, movies and e-books in 2024, with 11,420 card holders.

Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024 (released June 2026). Figures are for the whole library system.

Crime reported to the FBI

Reported to the FBI by the Swanton Police Department, 2023: 9 violent crimes and 33 property crimes, for about 3,848 people. That is 2.34 violent and 8.58 property crimes per 1,000 people.

2025 is a partial year: the Swanton Police Department reported 9 of 12 months, with 6 violent and 3 property crimes. No rate is given for a partial year.

Crimes reported to the FBI by year
YearViolentPropertyMonthsPer 1,000 people
2025 (partial)639
2024 (partial)058
2023933122.34 / 8.58
2022329120.78 / 7.53
2021239120.52 / 10.15
2020029120 / 7.51

Most common offenses in the Swanton Police Department's 2025 incident reports: assault offenses 10, thefts 3, drug offenses 3.

Reporting varies from agency to agency and year to year, and these numbers are as reported to the FBI. A low count can mean an agency reported only part of the year; a year with no reports is left blank, never counted as zero. Violent crime means murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime means burglary, theft and vehicle theft. Paper Trail Ohio adds no score and does not compare places.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A and NIBRS files for data years 2020 to 2025 (files dated August 14, 2026), Crime Data Explorer.

Official offices

The official records for Swanton are kept by the county. Paper Trail Ohio is not a government website.

Lucas County Auditorowners, values and the tax duplicatelucascountyohioauditor.gov
Lucas County Recorderdeeds, mortgages and lienslucas.dts-oh.com
Lucas County Treasurertax bills and paymentslucascountytreasurer.org
Sex offender registryThe Ohio Attorney General's search, run by the state. Paper Trail Ohio keeps none of this data.Ohio Attorney General sex offender search

What you can do here

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Questions

How many parcels are in Swanton?

135 parcels sit inside the Swanton boundary on the Lucas County Auditor's map, 56 of them homes, as of October 23, 2026.

Which public schools are in Swanton?

Swanton Elementary School, grades PK to 4; Swanton High School, grades 8 to 12; Swanton Middle School, grades 5 to 9.

Is there a public library in Swanton?

Yes: Swanton Public Library, 305 Chestnut St..

Who reports crime figures for Swanton to the FBI?

The Swanton Police Department. The page shows each year it reported from 2020 to 2025, with the months reported.

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