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Port Clinton, Ottawa County

Paper Trail has 2,851 parcels in Port Clinton from the Ottawa County Auditor: owners, values, sales and taxes, as of October 22, 2026.

Property at a glance

2,851parcels on the county mapSource: Ottawa County Auditor, October 22, 2026
2,168homes (parcels the Auditor classes as a residence)Source: Ottawa County Auditor, October 22, 2026
$139,835median appraised value of a homeSource: Ottawa County Auditor, land plus building value, October 22, 2026
$207,500median home sale priceSource: Ottawa County Auditor, 86 sales, October 2025 to September 2026
86home sales in 12 monthsSource: Ottawa County Auditor, sales it marks as real sales, October 2025 to September 2026
$1,490typical yearly property tax on a home (median)Source: Ottawa County Auditor, tax duplicate, October 22, 2026
8%of parcels are vacant landSource: Ottawa County Auditor land use codes, October 22, 2026
69% of homes: the owner gets the tax bill at the home31% absentee: the bill goes to another address

Source: Ottawa County Auditor owner mailing addresses, 2,168 homes with a mailing address, October 22, 2026. A bill mailed to the home is the closest public sign that the owner lives there; it is not proof.

Boundary of Port Clinton with its parcels shown as shaded squares1/2 mile
2,851 parcels at the Ottawa County Auditor's map points; each square covers about 1 acres, and darker squares hold more parcels. Boundary: Census TIGER/Line 2026.

Mailing lists for Port Clinton

Owners in Port Clinton to mail, counted from the county's records today. The price is the whole list; you see the exact count and price again before you pay, and the file downloads when you pay.

No phone numbers or email addresses. Not for screening anyone for housing, a job, credit or insurance.

Home sales by month

86 home sales in Port Clinton from October 2025 to September 2026, at a median price of $207,500.

Home sales by month: October 2025 10; November 2025 5; December 2025 4; January 2026 2; February 2026 6; March 2026 7; April 2026 4; May 2026 9; June 2026 10; July 2026 10; August 2026 13; September 2026 610Oct20255Nov4Dec2Jan20266Feb7Mar4Apr9May10Jun10Jul13Aug6Sep
Home sales by month
MonthSales
October 202510
November 20255
December 20254
January 20262
February 20266
March 20267
April 20264
May 20269
June 202610
July 202610
August 202613
September 20266

Source: Ottawa County Auditor, sales it marks as real sales (not family transfers or estates), counted once per deed, by the month of the sale. Data as of October 22, 2026.

Property tax rates

All 2,168 homes in Port Clinton are in taxing district 210, Port Clinton City/Prt Clnt CSD. Its effective rate on homes is 38.22 mills, and the state estimates the yearly tax on a $100,000 owner-occupied home there at $1,188.

Taxing districts in Port Clinton
DistrictNameHomesVoted millsEffective mills on homesOn a $100,000 home
210Port Clinton City/Prt Clnt CSD2,16878.7538.22$1,188

A mill is $1 of tax for every $1,000 of assessed value, and Ohio assesses a home at 35% of its appraised value. The effective rate is the voted rate after the state's reduction factors. The $100,000 figure is the state's own estimate for an owner-occupied home, after the owner-occupied credits.

Source: Ohio Department of Taxation, 2025 aggregate property tax rates by taxing district (tax year 2025, paid in 2026), published March 25, 2026. District for each parcel: Ottawa County Auditor, October 22, 2026.

Schools

Public schools inside the city line

  • Bataan Memorial Intermediate Schoolgrades 3 to 5, 296 students, Port Clinton City districtOhio report card: 3.5 stars
  • Bataan Memorial Primary Schoolgrades PK to 2, 364 students, Port Clinton City districtOhio report card: 4 stars
  • Port Clinton High Schoolgrades 9 to 12, 448 students, Port Clinton City districtOhio report card: 4.5 stars
  • Port Clinton Middle Schoolgrades 6 to 8, 292 students, Port Clinton City districtOhio report card: 4.5 stars

Private schools

  • Immaculate Conception Schoolgrades PK to 6, 62 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

  • Ida Rupp Public Library310 Madison St.Open about 58 hours a week

The Ida Rupp Public Library (3 buildings) had 80,496 visits and lent 188,502 books, movies and e-books in 2024, with 8,866 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 Port Clinton Police Department, 2025: 11 violent crimes and 55 property crimes, for about 5,890 people. That is 1.87 violent and 9.34 property crimes per 1,000 people.

Crimes reported to the FBI by year
YearViolentPropertyMonthsPer 1,000 people
20251155121.87 / 9.34
20242161123.56 / 10.33
20232370123.87 / 11.78
20221183121.85 / 13.95
20211076121.64 / 12.43
20201468122.27 / 11.04

Most common offenses in the Port Clinton Police Department's 2025 incident reports: assault offenses 82, thefts 50, drug offenses 23.

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 Port Clinton are kept by the county. Paper Trail Ohio is not a government website.

Ottawa County Auditorowners, values and the tax duplicateauditor.co.ottawa.oh.us
Ottawa County Recorderdeeds, mortgages and liensco.ottawa.oh.us
Ottawa County Treasurertax bills and paymentsottawacountytreasurer.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 Port Clinton?

2,851 parcels sit inside the Port Clinton boundary on the Ottawa County Auditor's map, 2,168 of them homes, as of October 22, 2026.

What is the median home sale price in Port Clinton?

$207,500, from 86 home sales the Ottawa County Auditor marks as real sales, October 2025 to September 2026.

What is the property tax rate in Port Clinton?

Most homes in Port Clinton are in taxing district 210, Port Clinton City/Prt Clnt CSD, with an effective rate on homes of 38.22 mills. The Ohio Department of Taxation estimates the yearly tax on a $100,000 owner-occupied home there at $1,188.

Which public schools are in Port Clinton?

Bataan Memorial Intermediate School, grades 3 to 5; Bataan Memorial Primary School, grades PK to 2; Port Clinton High School, grades 9 to 12; Port Clinton Middle School, grades 6 to 8.

Is there a public library in Port Clinton?

Yes: Ida Rupp Public Library, 310 Madison St..

Who reports crime figures for Port Clinton to the FBI?

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

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