Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Chase County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Chase County pays $1,500 a year, an effective rate of 1.37%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,500
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.37%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -25%
- vs U.S. average
- #78 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Chase County pay a median $1,500 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.37%, more affordable than 16% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,500
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.37%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2647 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -25%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($109,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 2,561. Owner-occupied homes: 841.
The median annual property tax in Chase County is $1,500, which is 46% lower than the Kansas state average and 25% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.37% on a median home value of $109,700. Property taxes represent 2.7% of the median household income in this county.
Chase County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Chase County's 1.37% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 16%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Chase County pay a median annual property tax of $1,500, well below the national median and well below the Kansas state median. On a $109,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.37% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Kansas counties by effective rate
Chase County ranks #78 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (26% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Chase County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $56,484 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Chase 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Chase County's effective rate fell 16.4% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 7.0%, leaving the median bill 10.5% lower at $1,500. That rate move is larger than the one in 70% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $1,676 in 2020 to $1,500 in 2024, a fall of 11%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 212 of 841 owner-occupied homes (25.2%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 2.7% of median household income. Neither figure is remarkable on its own; the combination is, and the ratio above is the only part of it a household actually feels.
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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Chase County fell from $1,676 to $1,500, a change of -10.5%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Chase County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Chase County homeowners, 212 of 841 owner-occupied homes (25.2%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 22.8% (192)
- $800 to $1,499 25.2% (212)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.8% (49)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.1% (161)
- $3,000 or more 23.1% (194)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
33 homes here (3.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Chase County, mortgaged homeowners pay 18% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Chase County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Chase County's effective rate is higher than 26% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #78 of 105.
Where Chase County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.37% more affordable than 16% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Kansas, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 6% of the Kansas median, yet the median bill runs 46% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $1,500 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Chase County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Chase County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.7% | - | - |
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.
Chase County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Chase County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $109,700 median home carries a $1,500 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $150 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Chase County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,500 -11.5% | 1.37% |
| 2023 | $1,694 -1.0% | 1.60% |
| 2022 | $1,711 +1.4% | 1.58% |
| 2021 | $1,687 +0.7% | 1.55% |
| 2020 | $1,676 | 1.64% |
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.
Chase County: tax-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Chase County's effective rate
On effective rate, Chase County sits nearest Washington County (IA), Tama County (IA), Monroe County (IA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lake County (TN), Childress County (TX), Warren County (GA).
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
Chase County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 20 of 1,170 returns from Chase County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,900 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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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Chase County rate FAQs
- How does Chase County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Chase County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.37% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Chase County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Chase County is $1,500, an effective rate of 1.37% on a $109,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Chase County?
- Chase County, Kansas scores D (45/100) 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+ (1.94×). 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.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Chase County?
- Property taxes in Chase County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $56,484 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Chase County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Chase County declined 10.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,676 to $1,500, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
What to do with Chase County's STEEP rate
Chase County's $1,500 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 →
Chase County ranks #78 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 Chase County's STEEP 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: 1.37%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,500/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Chase County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Chase County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Clearfield County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Chase County at $1,500/yr; rate 1.09% vs Chase County 1.37%.
Comanche County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Chase County at $1,500/yr; rate 2.16% vs Chase County 1.37%.
Mineral County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Chase County at $1,500/yr; rate 0.35% vs Chase County 1.37%.
Onslow County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,502/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.64% vs Chase County 1.37%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Chase County stamps STEEP · MID - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Chase County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.