Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Brown County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Brown County pays $1,461 a year, an effective rate of 1.24%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,461
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.24%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -27%
- vs U.S. average
- #90 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Brown County pay a median $1,461 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.24%, more affordable than 22% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,461
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.24%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2456 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -27%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($118,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 9,343. Owner-occupied homes: 2,896.
The median annual property tax in Brown County is $1,461, which is 48% lower than the Kansas state average and 27% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.24% on a median home value of $118,100. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Brown County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Brown County's 1.24% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 22%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Brown County pay a median annual property tax of $1,461, well below the national median and well below the Kansas state median. On a $118,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.24% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Kansas counties by effective rate
Brown County ranks #90 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (14% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Brown County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $62,233 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 5.3%, from $1,387 to $1,461. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Brown County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 29% from $1,133 to $1,461. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 791 of 2,896 owner-occupied homes (27.3%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.3% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned here.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Brown County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Brown County homeowners, 791 of 2,896 owner-occupied homes (27.3%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 22.1% (639)
- $800 to $1,499 27.3% (791)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.6% (395)
- $2,000 to $2,999 13.0% (377)
- $3,000 or more 19.6% (569)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
125 homes here (4.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Brown County, mortgaged homeowners pay 24% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Brown County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Brown County's effective rate is higher than 14% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #90 of 105.
Where Brown County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.24% more affordable than 22% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Brown County moved from $1,133 in the 2020 release to $1,461 in 2024, a change of about 29%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Brown County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Brown County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Brown County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kansas counties.
Brown County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,461 +5.3% | 1.24% |
| 2023 | $1,387 +4.8% | 1.25% |
| 2022 | $1,324 +11.3% | 1.22% |
| 2021 | $1,190 +5.0% | 1.29% |
| 2020 | $1,133 | 1.30% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Brown County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Brown County's effective rate
On effective rate, Brown County sits nearest Johnson County (IL), Gratiot County (MI), Medina County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Dickinson County (IA), Kane County (UT), Wythe County (VA).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Brown County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 70 of 4,350 returns from Brown County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,643 - 43% of those reporters sat in the $75-100k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Brown County rate FAQs
- How does Brown County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Brown County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.24% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Brown County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Brown County is $1,461, an effective rate of 1.24% on a $118,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Brown County?
- Brown County, Kansas scores D (48/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is housing pressure at A+ (1.90×). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- Are property taxes increasing in Brown County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Brown County is recorded at $1,461 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,133 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 2,896 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Brown County?
- Property taxes in Brown County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $62,233 median household income.
What to do with Brown County's PAR rate
Brown County's $1,461 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Brown County ranks #90 of 105 Kansas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Kansas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Brown County's PAR effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.24%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,461/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Brown County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Brown County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Jackson County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,460/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.93% vs Brown County 1.24%.
McIntosh County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,462/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.80% vs Brown County 1.24%.
Eastland County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,459/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.08% vs Brown County 1.24%.
Hawaii County, HI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,459/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.28% vs Brown County 1.24%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Brown County stamps PAR · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Brown County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.