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DSCR Loans in Knox County, Ohio

A rental property in Knox County carries a lighter tax bill than most of Ohio: 1.07% effective, against a 1.36% statewide average. That gap works in a borrower's favor on a DSCR calculation, so we've worked it below on a property at the county's own median value.

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Knox County at a glance

County seat
Mount Vernon
Population
64,002 (2025 est.)
Effective property tax rate
1.07%
Median home value
$239,400 (ACS 2020-2024 5yr)
Median gross rent
$950/mo (ACS 2020-2024 5yr)

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Why investors look at Knox County

Home to Kenyon College in Gambier and the Ariel Corporation in Mount Vernon.

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The tax-drag math for Knox County

Property tax is the single input most Ohio rental-market content skips, and it's the one that varies most by county — from under 1% to over 2.3% across the state's 88 counties. In Knox County it runs below the statewide middle.

A $239,400 property here — Knox County's own median home value, 20% down ($47,880), renting for $950/mo — financed at an observed Ohio DSCR average of 7.20% (Q2 2026)¹:

Gross rent
$950
Knox County property tax ($239,400 × 1.07% ÷ 12)
$213
Landlord insurance ($1220 ÷ 12)
$102
Principal & interest, $191,520 loan at an observed 7.20% Ohio average¹, 30-yr fixed
$1,300
PITIA (tax + insurance + P&I)
$1,615
DSCR (rent ÷ PITIA)
$950 ÷ $1,615 = 0.59

At these countywide figures, a 0.59 lands under the 1.00 floor most DSCR programs require — see the methodology note below for why a whole-county median often understates what a targeted rental-grade property actually clears. At the statewide average tax rate of 1.36% instead of Knox County's lower 1.07%, this same property's monthly tax bill would run about $271 instead of $213 — Knox County's below-average rate is worth roughly $58/month here.

This worked example deliberately uses Knox County's own ACS-reported median home value against its ACS-reported median gross rent — a blended, whole-county pairing that includes higher-priced owner-occupied housing on the value side and apartment/multifamily rents on the rent side. That's a more conservative starting point than a matched, rental-grade single-family purchase. Run your own address and rent number through the DSCR calculator for a property-specific result instead of this countywide blend.

0.59 on the county median isn't a verdict on Knox County — it's a description of the middle of the market. Below-median purchase price, above-median rent, or a larger down payment are the three levers that move a specific deal back over 1.00; the gap between the average and the achievable is the opportunity, not a warning.

¹ Ohio DSCR long-term-rental loans averaged 7.20% in Q2 2026 (Private Lender Link), inside the broader 6.5%–8.75% range lenders were publishing for DSCR product nationally. This is a market observation, not an offer — your rate depends on your DSCR, credit, LTV and loan purpose, and is set by the lender, not by us.

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Cities in Knox County

The cities and villages below are Knox County's largest — each has its own page with local facts and a link back here for the full tax-drag math.

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Nearby counties

Nearby in Central Ohio:

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Get your Knox County DSCR quote

Every county in Ohio has its own tax rate, and that rate is one input a lender's DSCR calculation actually uses. See what a specific Knox County property quotes at.

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Sources for this page

Last updated 2026-08-25. County tax rates and home-value figures are refreshed periodically from the sources above, each with its own as-of date.