Kansas
How property tax works in Kansas
Kansas taxes your property's assessed value, not its market value. The county appraiser sets your property's value, then a "mill levy" (1 mill = $1 in tax per $1,000 of assessed value) is applied to calculate your bill. Every property owner pays a mill levy to the state, their county, and their school district - and often a city, township, or special district on top of that. Statewide average mill levies have run in the range of 130-140 mills in recent years, but rates vary widely by county.
Source: Kansas Department of Revenue, Property Valuation Division
- Median effective property tax rate
- 1.30%
- Median annual property tax bill
- $2,643
- Median home value
- $203,400
- Effective rate rank, nationwide
- 14th-highest of 50 states
- National median effective rate, for comparison
- 0.83%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019-2023), pulled 2026-09-15. Effective rate = median tax / median home value ($2,643 / $203,400). State rankings are Kansas's position among all 50 states from the same data pull.