Property tax by ZIP code in Kansas
Enter a Kansas ZIP and see the median property tax paid, median home value, and effective tax rate from the 2020–2024 American Community Survey — plus how it compares to the Kansas state median.
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Enter a 5-digit Kansas ZIP code above to see its property tax data.
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Kansas's effective property-tax rate runs relatively high — around 1.29% of value statewide — even though only 11.5% of a home's appraised value is taxable. The low assessment ratio is offset by stacked local mill levies: county, city, school-district, and special-district levies, plus the statewide 20-mill school levy, commonly add up to more than 100 mills on a single parcel.
Enter a 5-digit Kansas ZIP to see its median property tax, median home value, and effective rate from the US Census American Community Survey 2020–2024 vintage, plus how it compares to the Kansas state and US national medians. The explainer below covers the 11.5% residential assessment ratio, the annual valuation and six-year inspection cycle, the statewide 20-mill levy with its $75,000 exemption, and the Homestead Refund and SAFESR relief programs.
How Kansas property tax works
In Kansas, county appraisers value property at its market value, but only a fraction of that value is taxable. The Kansas Constitution (Article 11) sets residential property's assessment ratio at 11.5% of appraised value, so a $200,000 home has an assessed value of $23,000 before any levies apply. The Department of Revenue's homeowner's guide walks through how that assessed value turns into a bill. Property is revalued annually, and every parcel is physically inspected at least once every six years (K.S.A. 79-1476), so values track the market more closely than in states with multi-year reappraisal gaps.
Kansas levies a statewide 20-mill property tax that helps fund public schools. Residential property is exempt from that levy on the first $75,000 of appraised value, a threshold raised effective tax year 2024 by the 2024 Special Session's SB 1. That statewide levy stacks on top of local mill levies from your county, city, school district, and any special districts — which together often exceed 100 mills and explain why Kansas's effective rate runs high despite the low 11.5% ratio.
For lower-income, older, and disabled owners, Kansas runs two refund programs that are claimed separately from the property bill. The Homestead Refund (Form K-40H) pays back up to $700 of property tax for owners who are 55 or older, blind or disabled, or have a dependent under 18, subject to a household-income cap. The SAFESR program (Form K-40PT) is for homeowners 65 and older under a lower income cap and refunds 75% of the property tax actually paid. The $75,000 school-levy exemption is the most recent enacted change; proposed assessment or valuation caps have been floated but would require a constitutional amendment and are not law.
Why your actual bill differs
The numbers above describe a typical homeowner in this ZIP — not your specific bill. A few things move bills away from the median:
- Stacked overlapping levies. Your bill combines county, city, school-district, and special-district mill levies plus the statewide 20 mills, so two similar homes in different districts can owe very different amounts.
- The 20-mill exemption. The statewide school levy applies to appraised value above the first $75,000, so that exemption trims part of a residential bill — but only the statewide portion, not local levies.
- Homestead Refund and SAFESR. These income-based programs are filed separately from the tax bill and refund part of what a qualifying owner paid, pulling net cost below the ZIP median.
- Reappraisal timing. Because Kansas revalues annually, a market swing or a fresh inspection can move a single parcel's appraised value — and its bill — relative to the ZIP median.
Kansas has no single statewide bill lookup — each county treasurer runs its own. Sedgwick County's property-tax portal (Wichita) is a working example; for other counties, search your county treasurer's property-tax site.
Methodology
Data on this page comes from the US Census American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 vintage (released January 29, 2026), at the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) level. After filtering ZCTAs the Census suppresses for privacy or small-sample reasons, this page covers 620 Kansas ZIPs.
Topcoding in Kansas. The Census caps median property tax at $10,000, reporting anything higher as $10,001. Kansas's moderate home values keep essentially every ZIP below the cap, so the figures here are true medians.
See the full methodology page for source details (Census table IDs, the comparison-median rule, calculator formulas), how we handle topcoding across every state, and the refresh cadence.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the median tax in my ZIP different from what I pay?
Median is the middle of the distribution, not your bill. Kansas appraises at market value but taxes only 11.5% of it, and your bill stacks county, city, school-district, and special-district levies. The $75,000 school-levy exemption and the income-based Homestead Refund and SAFESR programs move qualifying owners further from the median.
What is the Kansas 20-mill school levy exemption?
Kansas levies a statewide 20-mill school tax, but residential property is exempt on the first $75,000 of appraised value — a threshold raised effective tax year 2024 by the 2024 Special Session's SB 1. It trims only the statewide portion, not local levies.
Where do I find my actual Kansas property tax bill?
Through your county treasurer. Kansas has no statewide portal; each county runs its own. Sedgwick County's property-tax portal (Wichita) is a working example.
When does Kansas data update on this page?
Annually, when the Census Bureau releases a new ACS 5-year vintage. The 2020–2024 vintage released January 29, 2026. The next vintage (2021–2025) typically follows the next year, though the Census has not yet posted its release date.
Why don't you cover other states yet?
State-by-state rollout. Each state needs its own context section (assessment ratio, exemptions, local taxing structure) to be genuinely useful. High-search-volume states are going live first.