Living in a bedroom community with little industry, reliable services and good schools is going to cost you, but not necessarily because of a big house or a sizeable mortgage. You’ll pay for it with each property tax bill.

The Dayton Daily News — working with county auditors from Greene, Miami, Montgomery and Warren counties — spent two months collecting and analyzing residential property tax data from 99 communities.

What factors influenced where communities ranked in this analysis? Which area had the most expensive median value home in the region?

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