Sheryl Pockrose said she’s “done absolutely nothing” to her 1,107-square-foot house in Cincinnati’s West Price Hill neighborhood since she moved in nearly 30 years ago. But this year she saw her property taxes jump 81%.
The tax hike came on the heels of a state-mandated reappraisal in Hamilton County , which found that the value of her house had more than doubled in the last three years.
Pockrose’s annual property tax bill shot up from $1,150.81 due in 2023 to $2,083.25 due this year, according to Hamilton County records.
“I’m not low-income, so it’s not as much of a financial burden on me as it is on some of my neighbors,” said Pockrose, 65, a semi-retired librarian who lives on a pension, part-time work and investments. “But I look around here, and I see people really hurting financially who can barely afford what they’re paying now. It’s not fair that there’s not a cap on (property taxes) for some people.”