In Crawford County, Ohio, farmland enrolled in the Current Agricultural Use Value (CAUV) program is assessed for property tax at an average of $2,295 per acre for tax year 2025 — well below the county auditor's appraised market value of $7,771 per acre on those same enrolled parcels. That $5,476-per-acre gap means CAUV assessments run at just 29.5% of appraised market value. CAUV is an income-based tax assessment rather than a market price, and it does not estimate what any specific parcel would sell for. These figures are county-level survey averages, not an appraisal of any individual property.
Crawford County: CAUV vs. Market Value
Crawford County CAUV tax metrics (tax year 2025)
- $2,295 / acreCAUV Value (2025)
- $7,771 / acreAuditor Market Value
- $5,476 / acreAssessed-Value Gap
- 29.5%CAUV as % of Market
- 223,586Enrolled Acres
- 6,244Enrolled Parcels
How Crawford Compares to Ohio
Crawford County CAUV versus the statewide average (tax year 2025)
| Measure | Crawford County | Ohio Statewide |
|---|---|---|
| CAUV $/acre | $2,295 / acre | $2,032 / acre |
| Auditor market $/acre | $7,771 / acre | $6,723 / acre |
| CAUV as % of market | 29.5% | 30.2% |
For buyers, CAUV matters because qualifying agricultural land is taxed on this lower agricultural-use value rather than full market value, which reduces the annual carrying cost of holding farmland. The trade-off is recoupment: converting CAUV-enrolled land to a non-agricultural use can recover the tax savings from prior years. These are Ohio property-tax rules, not investment advice, and CAUV eligibility depends on how the land is actually used.
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- odt_cauvOhio Department of Taxation — CAUV values aggregated by county (Value by County workbook).Download source ↗