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Every year, the Auditor of each of Ohio’s 88 counties publishes a chart like this showing the tax rates for each taxing district in each County.

In Hamilton County, there are 241 distinct taxing districts, each having a complex calculation to develop the net residential and commercial rates of taxation (taxing districts being greater in number than either municipalities and townships or school districts, because the boundaries of some frequently overlap one another). Here are the five highest commercial and residential taxing districts in Hamilton County:

Highest Commercial rates
Municipality	Township	School District	Commercial millage	Commercial percentage
Wyoming	Springfield	Finneytown	135.54	4.765%
	Colombia	Mariemont	131.356	4.618%
	Springfield	Finneytown	128.589	4.521%
Lincoln Heights		Princeton	123.75	4.351%
Mt. Healthy	Springfield	Mt. Healthy	121.665	4.277%
Highest Residential rates
Municipality	Township	School District	Residential millage	Residential percentage
Lincoln Heights		Princeton	111.466	3.919%
Wyoming	Springfield	Finneytown	110.344	3.879%
Mt. Healthy	Springfield	Mt. Healthy	104.619	3.678%
	Springfield	Finneytown	103.394	3.635%
Golf Manor		Cincinnati	101.26	3.560%

As you can see, several Hamilton County commercial districts well exceed 4.0% in annual tax rates (approaching 5.0%) and the highest residential rates are bumping up against the 4.0% threshold.