Portsmouth, Ohio.
Typical home $93,569 (+1.7% in a year). Portsmouth, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Portsmouth
Portsmouth’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Portsmouth is in Scioto County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Portsmouth City school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$256 (+109%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,564 +2%
- $92,005$93,569 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $21,001 +29%
- $72,568$93,569 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Portsmouth$491
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Portsmouth, OH rose 1.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio
Portsmouth is a city of 18,252 people in Scioto County. Half its households earn more than $34,713 a year and half less, against $50,609 across Scioto County; 35% of its people live below the poverty line. 48% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 52% are rented. Unemployment in Scioto County was 5.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Portsmouth is a city on the Ohio River in Scioto County, with a population that has been shrinking in recent decades. Incomes in the city are well below the county's, and a good many residents live below the poverty line. Fewer homes are lived in by their owners than is typical, and homes are inexpensive compared with most of the country. Winters are cold and summers are warm, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, manufacturing, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Portsmouth are Southern Ohio Medical Center, Shawnee State University and Portsmouth City Schools. Unemployment in Scioto County is lower than it was a year earlier, though the county has slightly fewer jobs than the year before. Few adults have a four-year degree, and most commutes are fairly short.
Things to do. The area is known for its ancient earthworks. Portsmouth Earthworks and the Biggs Site are archaeological sites in or beside town, and Tremper Mound and Works is another a short drive away. For time outdoors, the Scioto River is a short drive away, and Wayne National Forest is a longer drive.
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- 7,334households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 35%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Scioto County had 25,000 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 65°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Portsmouth-sciotoville weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Portsmouth
- Southern Ohio Medical Center5,205
- Shawnee State University1,201
- Scioto County Offices589
- Scioto County Counseling Center510
- Portsmouth City Schools397
- City of Portsmouth305
- SOMC Medical Care Foundation282
- Portsmouth Hospital Corp240
From the City of Portsmouth’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “City Auditor's Office”), as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of PortsmouthRelatively moderate
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of PortsmouthRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Portsmouth’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Scioto County and the Portsmouth, OH metro.
Portsmouth home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Portsmouth$93,569
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Portsmouth listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Portsmouth27.22%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Portsmouth45
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Portsmouth18
Zip codes with a Portsmouth address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Portsmouth — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.