Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Kiowa County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Kiowa County pays $1,720 a year, an effective rate of 1.11%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,720
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.11%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -14%
- vs U.S. average
- #100 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Kiowa County pay a median $1,720 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.11%, more affordable than 28% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,720
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.11%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2262 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -14%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($155,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 2,422. Owner-occupied homes: 697.
The median annual property tax in Kiowa County is $1,720, which is 39% lower than the Kansas state average and 14% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.11% on a median home value of $155,300. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Kiowa County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Kiowa County's 1.11% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 28%).
Decision signal 2
High among Kansas counties by effective rate
Kiowa County ranks #100 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (5% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Kansas median
Homeowners in Kiowa County pay a median annual property tax of $1,720, notably lower than the national median and well below the Kansas state median. On a $155,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.11% 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 Kiowa County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $75,539 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Kiowa 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
Kiowa County's effective rate fell 16.8% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 17.2%, leaving the median bill 2.4% lower at $1,720. That rate move is larger than the one in 72% 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 $1,763 in 2020 to $1,720 in 2024, a fall of 2%. 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 215 of 697 owner-occupied homes (30.8%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 2.3% of median household income. Two above-average figures pulling in opposite directions is why the rate on its own is a poor guide.
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 Kiowa County fell from $1,763 to $1,720, a change of -2.4%. 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 Kiowa County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Kiowa County homeowners, 215 of 697 owner-occupied homes (30.8%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 12.3% (86)
- $800 to $1,499 30.8% (215)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.2% (92)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.2% (113)
- $3,000 or more 25.4% (177)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
14 homes here (2.0%) 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 Kiowa County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+74%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Kiowa County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Kiowa County's effective rate is higher than 5% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #100 of 105.
Where Kiowa County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.11% more affordable than 28% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Kiowa County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Kiowa County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median 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.
Kiowa County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kansas counties.
Kiowa County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,720 -2.6% | 1.11% |
| 2023 | $1,766 +8.9% | 1.16% |
| 2022 | $1,622 -3.3% | 1.33% |
| 2021 | $1,677 -4.9% | 1.51% |
| 2020 | $1,763 | 1.33% |
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.
Kiowa County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Kiowa County's effective rate
On effective rate, Kiowa County sits nearest Calhoun County (GA), Clare County (MI), Kent County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bowman County (ND), Petroleum County (MT), Faulk 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
Kiowa County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 30 of 1,020 returns from Kiowa County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,767 - 100% 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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Kiowa County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Kiowa County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Kiowa County is $1,720, an effective rate of 1.11% on a $155,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Kiowa County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Kiowa County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.11% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Kiowa County?
- Kiowa County, Kansas scores D (42/100) 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 (2.06×). 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 Kiowa County?
- Property taxes in Kiowa County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $75,539 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Kiowa County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Kiowa County eased 2.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,763 to $1,720, 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 Kiowa County's PAR rate
Inside Kansas, Kiowa County's $1,720 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Kansas overview →
Kiowa County ranks #100 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 Kiowa 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: 1.11%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,720/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Kiowa County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Kiowa County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Candler County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,721/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.08% vs Kiowa County 1.11%.
Lafayette County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,719/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Kiowa County 1.11%.
Huntingdon County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,718/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.94% vs Kiowa County 1.11%.
Rooks County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,718/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.93% vs Kiowa County 1.11%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Kiowa County stamps PAR · MID - 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 Kiowa County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.