Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Chautauqua County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Chautauqua County pays $991 a year, an effective rate of 1.51%, far below the U.S. average.
- $991
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 1.51%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -50%
- vs U.S. average
- #53 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Chautauqua County pay a median $991 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.51%, more affordable than 10% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $991
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.51%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2808 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -50%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($65,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 3,370. Owner-occupied homes: 1,112.
The median annual property tax in Chautauqua County is $991, which is 65% lower than the Kansas state average and 50% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.51% on a median home value of $65,500. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Chautauqua County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Chautauqua County's 1.51% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 90% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Chautauqua County pay a median annual property tax of $991, far below the national median and far below the Kansas state median. On a $65,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.51% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Chautauqua County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $56,438 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Kansas counties by effective rate
Chautauqua County ranks #53 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (50% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Chautauqua 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Chautauqua County rose 26.7%, from $51,700 to $65,500. The effective rate fell 30.2% over the same span, a steeper move than in 97% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 11.6%, to $991. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 $1,121 in 2020 to $991 in 2024, a fall of 12%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 441 of 1,112 owner-occupied homes (39.7%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 1.8% 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 Chautauqua County fell from $1,121 to $991, a change of -11.6%. 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 Chautauqua County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Chautauqua County homeowners, 441 of 1,112 owner-occupied homes (39.7%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 39.7% (441)
- $800 to $1,499 22.8% (254)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.1% (112)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.4% (171)
- $3,000 or more 9.9% (110)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
24 homes here (2.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Chautauqua County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+79%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Chautauqua County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Chautauqua County's effective rate is higher than 50% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #53 of 105.
Where Chautauqua County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.51% more affordable than 10% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Chautauqua County taxes property at 1.51%, about 17% above the Kansas average, yet its median bill of $991 lands roughly 65% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Chautauqua County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Chautauqua County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
Chautauqua County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Chautauqua County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $65,500 median home carries a $991 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $99 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Chautauqua County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $991 -2.1% | 1.51% |
| 2023 | $1,012 -5.2% | 1.60% |
| 2022 | $1,067 -2.9% | 1.83% |
| 2021 | $1,099 -2.0% | 1.98% |
| 2020 | $1,121 | 2.17% |
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.
Chautauqua County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Chautauqua County's effective rate
On effective rate, Chautauqua County sits nearest Wright County (IA), Des Moines County (IA), Box Butte County (NE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Carter County (MO), Lee County (AR), Griggs County (ND).
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
Chautauqua County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 30 of 1,400 returns from Chautauqua County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,900 - 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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Chautauqua County rate FAQs
- How does Chautauqua County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Chautauqua County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.51% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Chautauqua County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Chautauqua County is $991, an effective rate of 1.51% on a $65,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Chautauqua County?
- Chautauqua County, Kansas scores C- (51/100) 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+ (1.16×). 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 Chautauqua County?
- Property taxes in Chautauqua County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $56,438 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Chautauqua County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Chautauqua County declined 11.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,121 to $991, 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 Chautauqua County's STEEP rate
Chautauqua County's $991 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 →
Income burden is light here: about 1.8% of Chautauqua County's $56,438 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Chautauqua 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: 1.51%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $991/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Chautauqua County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Chautauqua County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Cabell County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $992/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Chautauqua County 1.51%.
Lowndes County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $992/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Chautauqua County 1.51%.
Stephens County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $990/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.68% vs Chautauqua County 1.51%.
Giles County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $989/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.42% vs Chautauqua County 1.51%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Chautauqua County stamps STEEP · LIGHT - 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 Chautauqua County (STEEP · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.