Short answer
Stark County Sheriff completed delinquent-tax sales totaled $23.5 million from 2010 through 2025, according to the Sheriff's published figures. The 2025 total of $2,057,353.37 was 121% above 2020. Property-tax foreclosure in Ohio is brought by the prosecuting attorney under ORC 5721.18. The full series downloads as CSV.
Download the CSV (2010–2026, monthly)
Read from the Stark County Sheriff's delinquent tax sales page on October 12, 2026, one year at a time. Columns: year, January–December, total. Figures are dollars of completed sales.
Seventeen years of sale totals
Over 2010–2025 the yearly average was about $1.47 million. The five years 2021–2025 averaged $1.79 million, up from $1.58 million in 2015–2019. The single highest year was 2018 at $3,057,088.05; the lowest was 2011 at $603,223.00.
| Year | Total |
|---|---|
| 2010 | $860,807.34 |
| 2011 | $603,223.00 |
| 2012 | $2,350,737.20 |
| 2013 | $843,316.30 |
| 2014 | $1,045,412.90 |
| 2015 | $1,197,412.17 |
| 2016 | $1,061,943.23 |
| 2017 | $855,176.40 |
| 2018 | $3,057,088.05 |
| 2019 | $1,725,801.52 |
| 2020 | $931,581.20 |
| 2021 | $1,267,832.43 |
| 2022 | $1,808,005.49 |
| 2023 | $1,832,590.73 |
| 2024 | $1,997,357.80 |
| 2025 | $2,057,353.37 |
| 2026 (Jan–Oct) | $1,103,926.74 |
How a parcel gets here: after about a year and a half of delinquency the Treasurer can refer the account to the Prosecuting Attorney, who files foreclosure under ORC 5721.18; the owner can redeem until the sale is confirmed; parcels that do not sell can be forfeited and passed to a land reutilization corporation (ORC 5723.04). Full walk-through, including ORC 5721.25 redemption: tax liens and foreclosure in Stark County.
Jobs and wages in Stark County
| Measure | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Jobs located in Stark County (QCEW) | 154,742 | March 2026 |
| Change in jobs from a year earlier | −0.7% | Q1 2026 |
| Change in jobs from a year earlier | −1.7% | Q4 2025 |
| Average weekly wage (QCEW) | $1,155 | Q1 2026 |
| Business establishments (QCEW) | 9,585 | Q1 2026 |
| Canton-Massillon metro jobs (OEWS) | 163,080 | May 2025 |
| Median annual wage, all occupations (OEWS) | $45,810 | May 2025 |
| Mean annual wage, production occupations (15,530 jobs) | $48,900 | May 2025 |
| Mean annual wage, food preparation and serving | $33,700 | May 2025 |
Shrinking job counts matter for tax debt in a specific way: the City of Canton taxes severance, sick and vacation pay but not unemployment compensation, so a layoff year can leave a city balance on the final paychecks even when benefits are untaxed by the city.
Households: income, poverty, unemployment
| Measure | Canton city | Stark County |
|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $43,188 | $67,934 |
| People below poverty | 27.4% | 12.5% |
| Unemployment rate (16+) | 7.8% | 3.9% |
| Speak Spanish at home (age 5+) | 1,596 (2.4%) | 4,155 (1.2%) |
| Of those, speak English less than "very well" | 816 | 1,772 |
The language figures are why this site stays in plain English for now: about 816 Canton residents speak Spanish at home and English less than very well.
Where money sits when a levy arrives
FDIC Summary of Deposits data counts 88 bank branches in Stark County holding about $9.85 billion as of June 30, 2025, with Huntington alone at 41.8% of deposits. NCUA call-report data for June 30, 2026 adds 42 credit-union office locations run by 19 credit unions, 12 of them headquartered in the county; Canton has 18 of those locations and North Canton 9. A bank levy reaches either kind of account. How bank and wage levies work.
Method and limits
- Sheriff totals were read from the public year selector for each year 2010–2026; no figures were estimated or filled in.
- QCEW counts jobs located in the county; ACS and LODES count residents. They are not interchangeable.
- Credit-union asset sizes in the NCUA file cover each whole institution, not only its Stark County offices, so they are not shown.
- Foreclosure case counts (Supreme Court of Ohio, Clerk of Courts) and federal tax lien filing counts (Recorder) are not published here because no official county-level series has been pulled.
Foreclosure case filings, 2016–2026
A companion file counts new cases rather than dollars: Stark County Common Pleas new filings (CSV), summed from the Supreme Court of Ohio Form A reports for all five General Division judges. New foreclosure filings ran 1,170 in 2016, 331 in 2020, 692 in 2025 and 549 in January–September 2026. Those counts mix mortgage and tax foreclosures. The lien guide's court filing table shows all 11 years.
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What do these Stark County tax sale totals measure?
The dollar total of completed delinquent-tax sheriff sales in each month, as published by the Stark County Sheriff. They are sale proceeds, not a count of homes, and they include every property type sold for delinquent tax.
Can the data be reused?
Yes. The CSV is a straight transcription of public figures from the Stark County Sheriff, read on October 12, 2026. Cite the Sheriff as the source and note the read date.
Why is 2026 lower?
2026 covers January through October only. Even on a same-months basis, January–October 2026 is about 39% below January–October 2025. Monthly totals swing with which large parcels happen to sell, so a single year is not a trend on its own.
Is there a count of foreclosure cases?
Yes, from the Supreme Court of Ohio caseload reports for the Stark County Common Pleas General Division: 692 new foreclosure filings in 2025 and 549 from January through September 2026. The reports do not split tax foreclosures from mortgage foreclosures.
Back to the start: the Canton tax resolution start page.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from these official pages, read on the date shown. Tax-law facts are re-checked at least every 90 days and local office facts every 180 days.
- Delinquent Tax Sales — completed sale totals by year, 2010–2026 — Stark County Sheriff. Accessed October 12, 2026.
- Delinquent Tax and Tax Lien Sales — Stark County Sheriff. Accessed October 12, 2026.
- Delinquent Tax and Tax Foreclosures — Stark County Treasurer. Accessed October 10, 2026.
- ORC 5721.18 — Foreclosure proceedings on delinquent lands — Ohio Revised Code (LSC). Accessed October 12, 2026.
- ORC 5723.04 — Forfeited land list — Ohio Revised Code (LSC). Accessed October 12, 2026.
- QCEW — Stark County, Ohio (FIPS 39151), all ownerships — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accessed October 12, 2026.
- OEWS May 2025, Canton-Massillon OH MSA (15940) via BLS public API — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accessed October 12, 2026.
- ACS 5-year 2020–2024, S1901 Income (Stark County; Canton city) — U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed October 12, 2026.
- ACS 5-year 2020–2024, S1701 Poverty Status (Stark County; Canton city) — U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed October 12, 2026.
- ACS 5-year 2020–2024, S2301 Employment Status (Stark County; Canton city) — U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed October 12, 2026.
- ACS 5-year 2020–2024, S1601 Language Spoken at Home (Stark County; Canton city) — U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed October 12, 2026.
- Summary of Deposits — Stark County, Ohio (June 30, 2025) — FDIC. Accessed October 12, 2026.
- Credit Union Call Report Data, June 30, 2026 (Credit Union Branch Information) — NCUA. Accessed October 12, 2026.
- LODES 8 Ohio origin-destination data, primary jobs, 2023 (main file) — U.S. Census Bureau (LEHD). Accessed October 12, 2026.
- 2025 General Information (PDF) — City of Canton Income Tax Department. Accessed October 10, 2026.
- eStats public reports: Stark County Common Pleas, General Division, Form A by judge, 2016–2026 — Supreme Court of Ohio. Accessed October 12, 2026.