Erie County
Erie County ranks 41st out of 88 Ohio counties for total tax exemptions, with $5.3M in property tax breaks — near the state median. 50% of subsidy recipients contributed to committees affiliated with local officials. The per-household cost of these subsidies is $2,762.
About these scores and flags: Scores and flags on this page are pattern-detection outputs computed from public records. They document correlations and timing patterns in the data; they are not findings of wrongdoing by any company, official, or agency.
Companies that donated to political committees affiliated with IDA-appointing officials received tax exemptions. This analysis documents a correlation between donations and exemptions; it does not establish that donations caused approvals.
How This County Compares
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Data as of 2026-06-13. Our derived statistics are CC BY 4.0 licensed for republication with attribution to The Public Ledgers. Underlying subsidy records were compiled by the Good Jobs First Subsidy Tracker (licensed); credit Good Jobs First when reusing subsidy figures. Good Jobs First's compilation is not sublicensed under CC BY, and we do not redistribute their per-company exports wholesale.
How we calculated this
County scorecards are computed from Good Jobs First subsidy data cross-referenced with state campaign finance records. Donor rates reflect the percentage of subsidy recipients that also appear as campaign contributors. Rankings compare all counties within the state that have subsidy data. Per-household costs use Census ACS household estimates.