Cuyahoga County, Ohio — for tax year 2025, farmland enrolled in Ohio's Current Agricultural Use Value (CAUV) program is assessed for property tax at an average of $3,799 per acre, compared with the county auditor's appraised market value of $26,315 per acre for those same enrolled parcels — a gap of $22,516 per acre. That CAUV figure works out to 14.4% of the appraised market value for the same parcels. CAUV is an income-based tax assessment, not a market price, and it does not estimate what any specific parcel would sell for.
Cuyahoga County — CAUV vs. Market Value
Cuyahoga County CAUV tax metrics (tax year 2025)
- $3,799 / acreCAUV Value (2025)
- $26,315 / acreAuditor Market Value
- $22,516 / acreAssessed-Value Gap
- 14.4%CAUV as % of Market
- 2,241Enrolled Acres
- 219Enrolled Parcels
How Cuyahoga Compares to Ohio
Cuyahoga County CAUV versus the statewide average (tax year 2025)
| Measure | Cuyahoga County | Ohio Statewide |
|---|---|---|
| CAUV $/acre | $3,799 / acre | $2,032 / acre |
| Auditor market $/acre | $26,315 / acre | $6,723 / acre |
| CAUV as % of market | 14.4% | 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. The county figures above are averages across 219 enrolled parcels covering 2,241 acres, not appraisals of any individual property.
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- odt_cauvOhio Department of Taxation — CAUV values aggregated by county (Value by County workbook).Download source ↗