KANSAS PROPERTY TAX · 2026
Kansas property tax calculator
Kansas's effective property tax rate is 1.211%: owner-occupiers paid a median $2,798 a year on homes with a median value of $217,200. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $3,633.00 a year.
Property tax estimate
- Property tax a year
- $3,633.00
- A month
- $302.75
- Rate
- 1.211%, statewide
Kansas property tax by county
| County | Effective rate | Median tax | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen County | 1.297% | $1,796 | $107,600 |
| Anderson County | 1.369% | $2,353 | $171,400 |
| Atchison County | 1.314% | $1,925 | $145,700 |
| Barber County | 1.365% | $1,648 | $97,000 |
| Barton County | 1.565% | $2,126 | $126,400 |
| Bourbon County | 1.353% | $1,789 | $113,800 |
| Brown County | 1.062% | $1,461 | $118,100 |
| Butler County | 1.472% | $3,177 | $217,600 |
| Chase County | 1.265% | $1,500 | $109,700 |
| Chautauqua County | 1% | $991 | $65,500 |
| Cherokee County | 1.055% | $1,219 | $100,100 |
| Cheyenne County | 1.349% | $1,636 | $125,900 |
| Clark County | 1.054% | $1,699 | $87,600 |
| Clay County | 1.322% | $2,055 | $155,900 |
| Cloud County | 1.501% | $1,704 | $100,000 |
| Coffey County | 0.906% | $1,717 | $157,400 |
| Comanche County | 1.929% | $1,500 | $69,600 |
| Cowley County | 1.154% | $1,999 | $120,900 |
| Crawford County | 1.056% | $1,406 | $132,600 |
| Decatur County | 1.506% | $1,604 | $89,500 |
| Dickinson County | 1.383% | $2,154 | $146,800 |
| Doniphan County | 0.91% | $1,445 | $135,200 |
| Douglas County | 1.192% | $3,776 | $309,400 |
| Edwards County | 1.182% | $1,120 | $70,900 |
| Elk County | 1.659% | $1,388 | $68,500 |
| Ellis County | 1.117% | $2,682 | $216,300 |
| Ellsworth County | 1.46% | $1,693 | $114,900 |
| Finney County | 1.358% | $2,900 | $201,400 |
| Ford County | 1.336% | $2,300 | $151,100 |
| Franklin County | 1.31% | $2,810 | $198,700 |
| Geary County | 1.469% | $2,496 | $172,700 |
| Gove County | 1.273% | $1,730 | $118,400 |
| Graham County | 1.473% | $1,641 | $89,900 |
| Grant County | 1.207% | $1,670 | $110,300 |
| Gray County | 1.349% | $3,071 | $206,000 |
| Greeley County | 1.795% | $2,178 | $115,200 |
| Greenwood County | 1.222% | $1,348 | $88,700 |
| Hamilton County | 1.576% | $1,729 | $115,800 |
| Harper County | 1.564% | $1,495 | $83,800 |
| Harvey County | 1.403% | $2,715 | $180,300 |
| Haskell County | 1.354% | $2,396 | $165,100 |
| Hodgeman County | 1.353% | $1,683 | $101,600 |
| Jackson County | 1.105% | $2,363 | $207,300 |
| Jefferson County | 1.114% | $2,733 | $216,900 |
| Jewell County | 1.214% | $1,247 | $64,600 |
| Johnson County | 1.118% | $4,447 | $391,200 |
| Kearny County | 1.139% | $2,108 | $200,900 |
| Kingman County | 1.385% | $1,935 | $111,100 |
| Kiowa County | 1.215% | $1,720 | $155,300 |
| Labette County | 1.402% | $1,559 | $94,600 |
| Lane County | 1.371% | $1,680 | $127,100 |
| Leavenworth County | 1.029% | $3,424 | $282,900 |
| Lincoln County | 1.542% | $1,419 | $96,900 |
| Linn County | 0.999% | $2,007 | $173,600 |
| Logan County | 1.687% | $1,932 | $117,900 |
| Lyon County | 1.365% | $2,341 | $150,600 |
| Marion County | 1.445% | $2,006 | $124,200 |
| Marshall County | 1.142% | $1,574 | $127,700 |
| McPherson County | 1.334% | $2,901 | $211,200 |
| Meade County | 1.124% | $2,005 | $148,900 |
| Miami County | 1.192% | $3,643 | $287,700 |
| Mitchell County | 1.487% | $2,217 | $133,800 |
| Montgomery County | 1.56% | $1,754 | $101,700 |
| Morris County | 1.442% | $1,898 | $129,600 |
| Morton County | 1.835% | $1,995 | $96,100 |
| Nemaha County | 0.905% | $2,080 | $217,200 |
| Neosho County | 1.405% | $1,637 | $111,300 |
| Ness County | 1.547% | $1,751 | $89,700 |
| Norton County | 1.096% | $1,724 | $101,500 |
| Osage County | 1.317% | $2,343 | $156,800 |
| Osborne County | 1.345% | $1,465 | $86,400 |
| Ottawa County | 1.339% | $2,760 | $166,000 |
| Pawnee County | 1.688% | $1,887 | $93,000 |
| Phillips County | 1.194% | $1,738 | $96,500 |
| Pottawatomie County | 1.003% | $2,792 | $245,900 |
| Pratt County | 1.55% | $1,993 | $114,600 |
| Rawlins County | 1.428% | $1,620 | $103,800 |
| Reno County | 1.481% | $2,158 | $132,500 |
| Republic County | 1.427% | $1,350 | $75,600 |
| Rice County | 1.35% | $1,593 | $104,600 |
| Riley County | 1.411% | $3,466 | $237,100 |
| Rooks County | 1.542% | $1,718 | $89,000 |
| Rush County | 1.327% | $1,562 | $83,600 |
| Russell County | 1.556% | $2,218 | $119,000 |
| Saline County | 1.336% | $2,345 | $179,600 |
| Scott County | 1.566% | $2,640 | $160,000 |
| Sedgwick County | 1.178% | $2,461 | $203,300 |
| Seward County | 1.558% | $2,284 | $136,500 |
| Shawnee County | 1.339% | $2,705 | $180,900 |
| Sheridan County | 1.206% | $2,490 | $167,200 |
| Sherman County | 1.446% | $2,171 | $136,700 |
| Smith County | 1.712% | $1,722 | $94,100 |
| Stafford County | 1.256% | $1,550 | $97,600 |
| Stanton County | 1.913% | $1,667 | $67,800 |
| Stevens County | 1.779% | $2,433 | $129,300 |
| Sumner County | 1.36% | $2,130 | $135,100 |
| Thomas County | 1.343% | $2,440 | $172,700 |
| Trego County | 1.388% | $1,753 | $120,900 |
| Wabaunsee County | 1.059% | $2,276 | $177,300 |
| Wallace County | 1.375% | $1,405 | $105,000 |
| Washington County | 0.904% | $1,607 | $117,100 |
| Wichita County | 1.351% | $1,728 | $99,300 |
| Wilson County | 1.271% | $1,387 | $93,500 |
| Woodson County | 1.362% | $1,569 | $81,200 |
| Wyandotte County | 1.39% | $2,509 | $172,300 |
Kansas homestead exemption
- Kansas's homestead refund (Form K-40H) pays qualifying owners back up to $700 of property tax, for 2025 household income of $43,389 or less.
- The SAFESR refund (Form K-40PT) pays back 75% of the property tax of owners 65 or older with 2025 household income of $25,380 or less.
- Kansas assesses residential property at 11.5% of fair market value.
This is the property tax homestead exemption, not the homestead exemption that protects a home from creditors in bankruptcy.
Kansas property tax questions
How much is property tax in Kansas?
Kansas's effective property tax rate is 1.211%: owner-occupiers paid a median $2,798 a year on homes with a median value of $217,200. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $3,633.00 a year.
Which county in Kansas has the highest property tax?
Comanche County, with an effective rate of 1.929%; Washington County has the lowest, at 0.904%. On a $300,000 home that is $5,787.00 a year in Comanche County and $2,712.00 in Washington County.
Does Kansas have a homestead exemption?
Kansas's homestead refund (Form K-40H) pays qualifying owners back up to $700 of property tax, for 2025 household income of $43,389 or less. The calculator does not subtract it: the rates already reflect the exemptions owners received.
Why might a Kansas tax bill differ from this estimate?
The rate is what owner-occupiers in Kansas paid on average in 2020 through 2024, as a share of their homes' value. An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
What the calculator leaves out
- The rate is the total real estate tax owner-occupiers reported paying divided by the total value they reported for their homes, not a tax rate set by law.
- The rate already reflects the exemptions, caps and credits typical owner-occupiers received, so the calculator does not subtract a homestead exemption again.
- An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
- Survey estimates for small counties have wide margins of error.
Rates and medians are American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates: taxes owners paid in those years, not 2026 bills.
Sources
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25090: aggregate real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25082: aggregate value of owner-occupied homes
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25103: median real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25077: median home value
- Kansas Statutes 79-1439
- Kansas Department of Revenue: 2025 homestead booklet