Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Comanche County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Comanche County pays $1,500 a year, an effective rate of 2.16%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,500
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 2.16%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- -25%
- vs U.S. average
- #2 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Comanche County pay a median $1,500 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 2.16%, more affordable than 2% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,500
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 2.16%
- Effective rate on median home
- #3084 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 ($69,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 1,729. Owner-occupied homes: 605.
The median annual property tax in Comanche County is $1,500, which is 46% lower than the Kansas state average and 25% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 2.16% on a median home value of $69,600. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Comanche County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Comanche County's 2.16% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 98% pay more.
Decision signal 2
Low among Kansas counties by effective rate
Comanche County ranks #2 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (98% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Comanche County pay a median annual property tax of $1,500, well below the national median and well below the Kansas state median. On a $69,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 2.16% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Comanche County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $54,545 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Comanche 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 held while the market moved
Comanche County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 28.0% up, against a median home value that fell 4.0%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 22.9%, from $1,221 to $1,500.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,221 to $1,500, a gain of 23%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 200 of 605 owner-occupied homes (33.1%). 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 2.8% 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.
Comanche County is an outlier inside Kansas
Across the 105 Kansas counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 1.54%. Comanche County is at 2.16%, which sits 2.3 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Comanche County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Comanche County homeowners, 200 of 605 owner-occupied homes (33.1%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 16.9% (102)
- $800 to $1,499 33.1% (200)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.2% (74)
- $2,000 to $2,999 30.6% (185)
- $3,000 or more 7.1% (43)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Comanche County pay about the same bill, within a 8% gap either way.
Comanche County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Comanche County's effective rate is higher than 98% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #2 of 105.
Where Comanche County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
2.16% more affordable than 2% 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
Comanche County taxes property at 2.16%, about 67% above the Kansas average, yet its median bill of $1,500 lands roughly 46% 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.
Comanche County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Comanche County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.8% | - | - |
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.
Comanche County's PEAK · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Comanche County's published figures (PEAK · MID), a $69,600 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.
Comanche County rate trail · PEAK
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,500 +9.6% | 2.16% |
| 2023 | $1,369 +2.8% | 2.29% |
| 2022 | $1,332 +2.1% | 2.09% |
| 2021 | $1,305 +6.9% | 2.01% |
| 2020 | $1,221 | 1.68% |
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.
Comanche County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Comanche County's effective rate
On effective rate, Comanche County sits nearest Cheshire County (NH), McLean County (IL), Boone County (IL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Butler County (IA), Richland County (ND), Brookings County (SD).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Comanche County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Comanche County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Comanche County rate FAQs
- How does Comanche County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Comanche County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 2.16% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Comanche County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Comanche County is $1,500, an effective rate of 2.16% on a $69,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Comanche County?
- Comanche County, Kansas scores D (47/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-131). 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 Comanche County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Comanche County jumped 22.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,221 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Comanche County?
- Property taxes in Comanche County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $54,545 median household income.
What to do with Comanche County's PEAK rate
Comanche 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 →
Comanche County ranks #2 of 105 Kansas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Kansas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Comanche County's PEAK 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: 2.16%.
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 Comanche County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Comanche County (PEAK · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PEAK MID
Chase County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Comanche County at $1,500/yr; rate 1.37% vs Comanche County 2.16%.
Clearfield County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Comanche County at $1,500/yr; rate 1.09% vs Comanche County 2.16%.
Mineral County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Comanche County at $1,500/yr; rate 0.35% vs Comanche County 2.16%.
Onslow County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,502/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.64% vs Comanche County 2.16%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Comanche County stamps PEAK · 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 Comanche County (PEAK · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.