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Living in Sycamore Township, Ohio: homes, prices and straight answers

Sycamore Township is Kenwood, Dillonvale, Rossmoyne and the streets around them, about 20 minutes from downtown on I-71. There is no township income tax where you live, and homes in Kenwood, its largest part, sold for a median of about $420,000 this summer. The one thing to know first: Sycamore Township and Sycamore schools are not the same map.

By Rhonda Everitt, REALTOR® with Comey & Shepherd Realtors. Updated .

Sycamore Township at a glance

Median sale price
$420,000 in Kenwood, the largest part of the township, down 24% from a year earlier on a small number of sales Source: Redfin, 3 months to August 2026
Typical time on the market
39 days in Kenwood (38 a year earlier) Source: Redfin, 3 months to August 2026
Drive to downtown Cincinnati
About 12 miles, about 20 minutes on I-71 Source: My estimate, without traffic
Public school districts
Six: Sycamore, Deer Park, Indian Hill, Princeton, Reading and Cincinnati Public Schools, depending on the address Source: Sycamore Township
Local income tax
None where you live. People who work in the township's business districts pay 0.75%. Source: City of Deer Park, JEDZ tax
Property taxes
About $1,400 to $2,160 a year per $100,000 of value for an owner-occupied home, depending on the school district Source: Hamilton County Auditor, tax year 2025
Homes
68% single-family houses, 8% townhomes and attached homes. Median year built: 1967. Source: U.S. Census via Census Reporter, ACS 2020 to 2024

I use the same facts for every area so you can compare them fairly. Prices move every month; text me for this week's numbers on the streets you like.

See homes for sale in Sycamore Township Searches the Sycamore Community City School District.

Is Sycamore Township the same as Sycamore schools?

No, and this trips up a lot of buyers. Sycamore Township is a local government. Sycamore Community Schools is a school district that covers Blue Ash, Montgomery and parts of Symmes and Sycamore Townships. Homes in Sycamore Township can be in any of six districts: Sycamore, Deer Park, Indian Hill, Princeton, Reading or Cincinnati Public Schools.

Look up the district for every address with the Hamilton County Auditor, and compare districts on the Ohio School Report Card. I wrote more in Mason vs. Sycamore schools.

Where exactly is Sycamore Township?

In three separate pieces in northeast Hamilton County, left that way by years of annexation. The best known part is Kenwood, around Kenwood Towne Centre, with Dillonvale, Rossmoyne and other neighborhoods nearby. The main ZIP code is 45236, but parts of the township use 45237, 45241, 45242, 45243 and 45249, so a ZIP code alone will not tell you.

What do taxes look like in Sycamore Township?

No local income tax where you live, and property tax that depends on the school district. For tax year 2025, an owner-occupied home cost about this much a year per $100,000 of market value:

  • Indian Hill schools: about $1,401
  • Sycamore schools: about $1,578
  • Princeton schools: about $1,817
  • Cincinnati Public Schools: about $1,892
  • Reading schools: about $1,903
  • Deer Park schools: about $2,162

Source: the Hamilton County Auditor's rate sheet. Ask me for the actual tax bill on any house you like.

What is there to do in Sycamore Township?

  • Kenwood Towne Centre and the Kenwood Collection next to it, the area's biggest shopping, dining and office hub.
  • Bechtold Park, the township's oldest park, and the Clete McDaniel and Robert L. Schuler sports complexes.
  • Close to everything in Blue Ash and Montgomery, and I-71 for the drive downtown.

What kinds of homes are in Sycamore Township?

Mostly houses from the 1950s through the 1970s on established lots, with prices that swing a lot from street to street. The median home was built in 1967, the oldest of the areas I cover outside the city. This year, sales have ranged from the low $200,000s in parts of Rossmoyne and Dillonvale to more than $1 million in Concorde Hills.

Older houses mean an inspection matters even more. Read Should you waive the inspection? before you write an offer.

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