ZIP 43235 · Columbus, OH

Seven governments run on your community's money

This page shows every government that serves ZIP 43235: the state, county, city or town and school district, and where each one's money comes from and goes.

Each government is shown for its own newest fiscal year on file, so the years differ. Figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, the government's own report or, for Ohio governments, the Ohio Auditor of State, as named under Sources and more.

Where do my taxes go in 43235?
43235 is served by the State of Ohio, Franklin County, the City of Columbus, Worthington City School District, Dublin City School District, Columbus City School District and Perry Township. In each one's latest recorded fiscal year, State of Ohio spent $103.2 billion (fiscal year ended June 30, 2024), Franklin County spent $1.91 billion (fiscal year ended December 31, 2025), City of Columbus spent $3.05 billion (fiscal year ended December 31, 2025), Worthington City School District spent $300 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2025), Dublin City School District spent $414 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2025), Columbus City School District spent $1.21 billion (fiscal year ended June 30, 2025) and Perry Township spent $5.6 million (fiscal year ended December 31, 2024). Each government's money is separate.

Which governments collect property tax in 43235?
Of the governments serving 43235, Columbus City School District collected $638 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2025), Franklin County collected $580 million (fiscal year ended December 31, 2025), Dublin City School District collected $256 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2025), Worthington City School District collected $168 million (fiscal year ended June 30, 2025), City of Columbus collected $78.4 million (fiscal year ended December 31, 2025) and Perry Township collected $3.4 million (fiscal year ended December 31, 2024) in property tax. These are each government's total collections, not a bill for 43235.

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From the state down to your schools: where each one's money comes from and goes.

See the full budget for: Franklin County, Columbus, Perry Township and Worthington City School District

Figures for Ohio governments come from the Ohio Auditor of State and are for 2024 and 2025, each government's newest year on file. The state government's own figures are the newest year the U.S. Census Bureau has published.

Where property tax goes in 43235

Columbus City School District$638 million

53% of its $1.19 billion in revenue · fiscal year ended June 30, 2025

Franklin County$580 million

32% of its $1.79 billion in revenue · fiscal year ended December 31, 2025

Dublin City School District$256 million

73% of its $352 million in revenue · fiscal year ended June 30, 2025

Worthington City School District$168 million

70% of its $241 million in revenue · fiscal year ended June 30, 2025

City of Columbus$78.4 million

2.5% of its $3.09 billion in revenue · fiscal year ended December 31, 2025

Perry Township$3.4 million

78% of its $4.4 million in revenue · fiscal year ended December 31, 2024

These are each government's total property tax collections, not your bill. Your own bill is split by each government's tax rate, shown on your property tax bill.

Your county

Franklin County

$1.91 billion budget in fiscal year 2025 (ended December 31, 2025), from the Ohio Auditor of State.

Where the money comes from

County taxes57%Grants from federal, state and local governments29%Fees for services7.4%Fines and other7.3%
Full Franklin County breakdown

County taxes57%

Property tax
32%$580 million
Sales tax
24%$429 million
Other taxes
0.1%$2.5 million

Fees for services7.4%

Fees for services
7.4%$132 million

Grants from federal, state and local governments29%

Grants from the federal government, the state and other local governments, which this government's report lists as one amount.

Grants from federal, state and local governments
29%$513 million

Fines and other7.3%

Interest, rents and other
7.0%$125 million
Fines
0.3%$5.6 million
Franklin County page →

Where the money goes

Police, fire, courts and jails25%Social services24%Health and hospitals20%Running the government and other costs14%Debt payments (principal and interest)5.1%All other spending11%
Full Franklin County breakdown

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$474 million
Social services
24%$466 million
Health and hospitals
20%$386 million
Running the government and other costs
14%$270 million
Debt payments (principal and interest)
5.1%$96.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
4.3%$82.7 million
Sent to other local governments
3.3%$63.1 million
Housing and community development
2.1%$40.8 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.1%$20.7 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
0.5%$8.7 million
Franklin County page →

Your cities and towns

City of Columbus

$3.05 billion budget in fiscal year 2025 (ended December 31, 2025), from the Ohio Auditor of State.

About 79% of this ZIP is in Columbus.

Where the money comes from

City taxes47%Fees for services30%Grants from federal, state and local governments14%Fines and other9.2%
Full Columbus breakdown

City taxes47%

Individual income tax
40%$1.24 billion
Other taxes
4.2%$129 million
Property tax
2.5%$78.4 million

Fees for services30%

Fees for services
30%$916 million

Grants from federal, state and local governments14%

Grants from the federal government, the state and other local governments, which this government's report lists as one amount.

Grants from federal, state and local governments
14%$441 million

Fines and other9.2%

Interest, rents and other
8.6%$267 million
Fines
0.6%$17.7 million
Columbus page →

Where the money goes

Police, fire, courts and jails27%Running the government and other costs23%Water, sewer, trash and utilities21%Parks, recreation and libraries10%Debt payments (principal and interest)10%All other spending8.6%
Full Columbus breakdown

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
27%$837 million
Running the government and other costs
23%$691 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
21%$652 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
10%$306 million
Debt payments (principal and interest)
10%$305 million
Housing and community development
5.8%$176 million
Health and hospitals
2.8%$85.6 million
Columbus page →

Perry Township

$5.6 million budget in fiscal year 2024 (ended December 31, 2024), from the Ohio Auditor of State.

About 12% of this ZIP is in Perry Township.

Where the money comes from

Township taxes80%Grants from federal, state and local governments16%Fines and other3.9%
Full Perry Township breakdown

Township taxes80%

Property tax
78%$3.4 million
Other taxes
1.9%$84 thousand

Grants from federal, state and local governments16%

Grants from the federal government, the state and other local governments, which this government's report lists as one amount.

Grants from federal, state and local governments
16%$700 thousand

Fines and other3.9%

Interest, rents and other
3.6%$157 thousand
Fines
0.3%$12 thousand
Perry Township page →

Where the money goes

Police, fire, courts and jails51%Running the government and other costs32%Roads, transit and parking17%Social services0.2%
Full Perry Township breakdown

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
51%$2.8 million
Running the government and other costs
32%$1.8 million
Roads, transit and parking
17%$925 thousand
Social services
0.2%$11 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$497
Perry Township page →

Your schools

Worthington City School District

$300 million budget in fiscal year 2025 (ended June 30, 2025), from the Ohio Auditor of State.

About 59% of this ZIP is in Worthington City School District.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes70%Grants from federal, state and local governments19%Fines and other9.7%Fees for services2.1%
Full Worthington City School District breakdown

School district taxes70%

Property tax
70%$168 million

Fees for services2.1%

Fees for services
2.1%$5.0 million

Grants from federal, state and local governments19%

Grants from the federal government, the state and other local governments, which this government's report lists as one amount.

Grants from federal, state and local governments
19%$44.9 million

Fines and other9.7%

Interest, rents and other
9.7%$23.3 million
Worthington City School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges92%Debt payments (principal and interest)8.5%
Full Worthington City School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
92%$275 million
Debt payments (principal and interest)
8.5%$25.4 million
Worthington City School District page →

Dublin City School District

$414 million budget in fiscal year 2025 (ended June 30, 2025), from the Ohio Auditor of State.

About 25% of this ZIP is in Dublin City School District.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes77%Grants from federal, state and local governments16%Fines and other4.5%Fees for services2.7%
Full Dublin City School District breakdown

School district taxes77%

Property tax
73%$256 million
Other taxes
4.5%$15.9 million

Fees for services2.7%

Fees for services
2.7%$9.6 million

Grants from federal, state and local governments16%

Grants from the federal government, the state and other local governments, which this government's report lists as one amount.

Grants from federal, state and local governments
16%$55.3 million

Fines and other4.5%

Interest, rents and other
4.5%$15.8 million
Dublin City School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges89%Debt payments (principal and interest)11%
Full Dublin City School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
89%$369 million
Debt payments (principal and interest)
11%$44.7 million
Dublin City School District page →

Columbus City School District

$1.21 billion budget in fiscal year 2025 (ended June 30, 2025), from the Ohio Auditor of State.

About 16% of this ZIP is in Columbus City School District.

Where the money comes from

School district taxes62%Grants from federal, state and local governments31%Fines and other5.1%Fees for services1.2%
Full Columbus City School District breakdown

School district taxes62%

Property tax
53%$638 million
Other taxes
9.1%$108 million

Fees for services1.2%

Fees for services
1.2%$14.8 million

Grants from federal, state and local governments31%

Grants from the federal government, the state and other local governments, which this government's report lists as one amount.

Grants from federal, state and local governments
31%$373 million

Fines and other5.1%

Interest, rents and other
5.1%$60.4 million
Columbus City School District page →

Where the money goes

Schools and colleges97%Debt payments (principal and interest)3.4%
Full Columbus City School District breakdown

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
97%$1.17 billion
Debt payments (principal and interest)
3.4%$41.0 million
Columbus City School District page →

Your state

State of Ohio

$103.2 billion budget in the latest fiscal year on record, which ended June 30, 2024.

Where the money comes from

Federal tax money39%State taxes38%Fees for services (hospital bills, college tuition)14%Fines and other8.9%Local tax money0.8%
Full Ohio breakdown

What stands out

0%

of Ohio's money comes from business income taxes.A typical state government gets 3.8%.

State taxes38%

Sales tax
16%$16.3 billion
Other taxes
11%$11.0 billion
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; motor fuel taxes and 16 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$2.84 billion
  • Motor fuel taxes$2.78 billion
  • Public utility taxes$1.21 billion
  • Occupation and business licenses$987 million
  • Insurance premium taxes$794 million
  • Tobacco taxes$752 million
  • Motor vehicle licenses$527 million
  • Amusement taxes$330 million
  • Corporation licenses$237 million
  • Other licenses$141 million
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$118 million
  • Driver's licenses$85.0 million
  • Severance taxes$60.6 million
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$46.3 million
  • Hunting and fishing licenses$46.0 million
  • Amusement licenses$24.0 million
  • Public utility licenses$1.5 million
  • Estate and gift taxes$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Individual income tax
10%$10.0 billion
Business income tax
<0.1%$213 thousand

Fees for services14%

Fees for services
14%$14.1 billion
What's in fees for servicesHospital bills; college tuition and 8 more
  • Hospital bills$5.38 billion
  • College tuition$5.05 billion
  • Liquor stores$1.76 billion
  • University housing and dining$1.16 billion
  • Tolls on roads and bridges$388 million
  • Other service charges$189 million
  • Housing$69.2 million
  • Parks and recreation$48.0 million
  • Parks, land and natural resources$31.3 million
  • Other education charges$570 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money39%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
39%$38.4 billion

Local tax money0.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From local governments
0.8%$811 million

Fines and other8.9%

Interest, rents and other
8.8%$8.79 billion
Fines
0.1%$111 million
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Where the money goes

Social services39%Sent to local governments26%Schools and colleges13%Health and hospitals8.5%Roads, transit and parking4.0%All other spending9.9%

What stands out

39%

of Ohio's spending goes to social services.A typical state government spends 31%.

Full Ohio breakdown

Spending by category100%

Social services
39%$40.0 billion
What's in social servicesOther public welfare; unemployment and social insurance offices and 2 more
  • Other public welfare$39.7 billion
  • Unemployment and social insurance offices$160 million
  • Welfare institutions$53.7 million
  • Veterans' services$21.0 million
Sent to local governments
26%$26.8 billion
What's in sent to local governmentsSent to school districts; sent to local governments: other public welfare and 17 more
  • Sent to school districts$16.6 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other public welfare$2.21 billion
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.98 billion
  • Sent to local governments: public health$1.43 billion
  • Sent to local governments: general support$1.34 billion
  • Sent to local governments: roads and highways$1.30 billion
  • Sent to local governments: libraries$494 million
  • Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$298 million
  • Sent to school districts (colleges)$194 million
  • Sent to local governments: police$187 million
  • Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$181 million
  • Sent to local governments: housing and community development$151 million
  • Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$149 million
  • Sent to local governments: sewer systems$131 million
  • Sent to local governments: probation, parole and other corrections$92.6 million
  • Sent to local governments: other government administration$74.9 million
  • Sent to the federal government$30.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$21.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: airports$7.1 million
Schools and colleges
13%$13.3 billion
What's in schools and collegesColleges and universities; scholarships and other education subsidies and 2 more
  • Colleges and universities$8.68 billion
  • Scholarships and other education subsidies$2.49 billion
  • College housing, dining and bookstores$1.70 billion
  • Other education$405 million
Health and hospitals
8.5%$8.80 billion
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals and public health
  • Hospitals$7.10 billion
  • Public health$1.69 billion
Roads, transit and parking
4.0%$4.13 billion
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and toll roads and bridges
  • Roads and highways$3.75 billion
  • Toll roads and bridges$385 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.4%$3.53 billion
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPrisons and jails; police and 3 more
  • Prisons and jails$1.94 billion
  • Police$598 million
  • Courts and legal services$491 million
  • Inspections and regulation$323 million
  • Probation, parole and other corrections$178 million
Running the government and other costs
2.8%$2.85 billion
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 3 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.48 billion
  • Other and not broken out$595 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$456 million
  • Government buildings$187 million
  • Other government administration$132 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.4%$1.47 billion
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Liquor stores$1.44 billion
  • Garbage and solid waste$26.5 million
  • Water supply$10 thousand
Interest on debt
1.4%$1.45 billion
Environment and natural resources
0.5%$550 million
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$550 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$181 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$163 million
  • Libraries$18.0 million
Housing and community development
0.2%$171 million
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Sources and moreEach government's source, fiscal year and how a ZIP is matched

State of Ohio. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Franklin County. Ohio Auditor of State, Summarized Annual Financial Reports (unaudited filings), fiscal year 2025, fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. The earlier Census figures are from U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

City of Columbus. Ohio Auditor of State, Summarized Annual Financial Reports (unaudited filings), fiscal year 2025, fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. The earlier Census figures are from U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

Worthington City School District. Ohio Auditor of State, Summarized Annual Financial Reports (unaudited filings), fiscal year 2025, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. The earlier Census figures are from U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Dublin City School District. Ohio Auditor of State, Summarized Annual Financial Reports (unaudited filings), fiscal year 2025, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. The earlier Census figures are from U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Columbus City School District. Ohio Auditor of State, Summarized Annual Financial Reports (unaudited filings), fiscal year 2025, fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. The earlier Census figures are from U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

Perry Township. Ohio Auditor of State, Summarized Annual Financial Reports (unaudited filings), fiscal year 2024, fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The earlier Census figures are from U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

How these figures are counted. Ohio county, city, village and township figures are the calendar-year annual financial reports filed with the Ohio Auditor of State, and school district figures are the 2024-25 school year, ended June 30, 2025, grouped into the same categories as the Census figures. These reports are unaudited. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, internal service funds and money held for others are not counted. The "Debt payments" line includes principal as well as interest, so spending can be higher than the Census figure for the same government. Grants from federal, state and local governments are reported as one amount and are shown together.

Cash basis. Perry Township reports on a cash basis, so these are money received and paid out during the year, and a year with a big construction project or loan repayment can show more spending than revenue.

How a ZIP is matched. A ZIP code is not a government boundary, so we match it to the cities, counties and school districts that overlap it, using Census Bureau geography. Where a ZIP crosses several, each one is shown with its share of the ZIP. Each government's money covers its own operations only; the others listed here are separate.

Latest recorded year. The year differs by government: each block shows the newest fiscal year on file. A Census survey year covers fiscal years ending July 1 of the year before through June 30 of that year.