Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Greeley County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Greeley County pays $2,178 a year, an effective rate of 1.89%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,178
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.89%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- +9%
- vs U.S. average
- #11 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Greeley County pay a median $2,178 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.89%, more affordable than 4% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,178
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.89%
- Effective rate on median home
- #3022 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +9%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($115,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 1,304. Owner-occupied homes: 406.
The median annual property tax in Greeley County is $2,178, which is 22% lower than the Kansas state average and 9% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.89% on a median home value of $115,200. Property taxes represent 2.7% of the median household income in this county.
Greeley County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Greeley County's 1.89% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 96% pay more.
Decision signal 2
Low among Kansas counties by effective rate
Greeley County ranks #11 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (90% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Kansas median
Homeowners in Greeley County pay a median annual property tax of $2,178, modestly above the national median and notably lower than the Kansas state median. On a $115,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.89% 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 Greeley County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $80,565 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Greeley 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
Greeley County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 11.3% up, against a median home value that rose 2.8%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 14.3%, from $1,905 to $2,178.
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 $1,905 to $2,178, a gain of 14%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 128 of 406 owner-occupied homes (31.5%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Both figures are in the national top quarter, and the median bill still equals only 2.7% of median household income. A high rate on high earnings produces a large dollar figure, and only the dollar figure tends to get quoted; the ratio above is the other half.
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 Greeley County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Greeley County homeowners, 128 of 406 owner-occupied homes (31.5%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 10.8% (44)
- $800 to $1,499 31.0% (126)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.4% (14)
- $2,000 to $2,999 21.4% (87)
- $3,000 or more 31.5% (128)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
7 homes here (1.7%) 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 Greeley County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+85%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Greeley County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Greeley County's effective rate is higher than 90% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #11 of 105.
Where Greeley County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.89% more affordable than 4% 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
Greeley County taxes property at 1.89%, about 47% above the Kansas average, yet its median bill of $2,178 lands roughly 22% 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.
Greeley County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Greeley County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile 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.
Greeley County's PEAK · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Greeley County's published figures (PEAK · MID), a $115,200 median home carries a $2,178 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $218 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Greeley County rate trail · PEAK
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,178 +4.7% | 1.89% |
| 2023 | $2,080 +2.7% | 1.91% |
| 2022 | $2,026 +11.3% | 1.75% |
| 2021 | $1,820 -4.5% | 1.85% |
| 2020 | $1,905 | 1.70% |
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.
Greeley County: tax-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Greeley County's effective rate
On effective rate, Greeley County sits nearest Bond County (IL), Coos County (NH), Union County (NJ).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Hancock County (ME), Niagara County (NY), Iroquois County (IL).
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 Greeley County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Greeley 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.
Other Counties in Kansas
Greeley County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Greeley County?
- Greeley County, Kansas scores F (28/100) 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+ (1.43×). 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 is the average property tax in Greeley County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Greeley County is $2,178, an effective rate of 1.89% on a $115,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Greeley County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Greeley County run modestly above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.89% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Greeley County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Greeley County climbed 14.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,905 to $2,178, 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 Greeley County?
- Property taxes in Greeley County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $80,565 median household income.
What to do with Greeley County's PEAK rate
Inside Kansas, Greeley County's $2,178 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Kansas overview →
Greeley County ranks #11 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 Greeley 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: 1.89%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,178/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Greeley County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Greeley County (PEAK · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PEAK MID
Sheridan County, WY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,177/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Greeley County 1.89%.
Winona County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,180/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.93% vs Greeley County 1.89%.
Clayton County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,181/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.29% vs Greeley County 1.89%.
Turner County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,181/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.98% vs Greeley County 1.89%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Greeley 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 Greeley County (PEAK · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.