Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Meade County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Meade County pays $2,005 a year, an effective rate of 1.35%, roughly in line with the U.S. average.
- $2,005
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.35%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +1%
- vs U.S. average
- #79 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Meade County pay a median $2,005 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.35%, more affordable than 17% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,005
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.35%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2617 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +1%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($148,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 3,903. Owner-occupied homes: 1,111.
The median annual property tax in Meade County is $2,005, which is 28% lower than the Kansas state average and 1% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.35% on a median home value of $148,900. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Meade County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Meade County's 1.35% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 17%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Kansas median
Homeowners in Meade County pay a median annual property tax of $2,005, roughly in line with the national median and well below the Kansas state median. On a $148,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.35% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Kansas counties by effective rate
Meade County ranks #79 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (25% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 7.9%, from $1,858 to $2,005. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Meade County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $71,852 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Meade 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 40% from $1,430 to $2,005. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 338 of 1,111 owner-occupied homes (30.4%) 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.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 2.8% of median household income. A high rate is affordable only relative to something, and this is what it is relative to here.
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 Meade County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Meade County homeowners, 338 of 1,111 owner-occupied homes (30.4%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 10.0% (111)
- $800 to $1,499 21.6% (240)
- $1,500 to $1,999 17.3% (192)
- $2,000 to $2,999 18.6% (207)
- $3,000 or more 30.4% (338)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
23 homes here (2.1%) 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 Meade County pay a substantially higher bill, 50% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Meade County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Meade County's effective rate is higher than 25% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #79 of 105.
Where Meade County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.35% more affordable than 17% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Meade County moved from $1,430 in the 2020 release to $2,005 in 2024, a change of about 40%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Meade County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Meade County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High 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.
Meade County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Meade County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $148,900 median home carries a $2,005 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $201 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Meade County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,005 +7.9% | 1.35% |
| 2023 | $1,858 +6.0% | 1.52% |
| 2022 | $1,753 +11.3% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | $1,575 +10.1% | 1.28% |
| 2020 | $1,430 | 1.40% |
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.
Meade County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Meade County's effective rate
On effective rate, Meade County sits nearest Butler County (IA), Garfield County (NE), Saline County (NE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Richland Parish (LA), Lincoln County (OK), Cowlitz County (WA).
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
Meade County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 1,930 returns from Meade County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,617 - 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.
Other Counties in Kansas
Meade County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Meade County?
- Meade County, Kansas scores F (33/100) 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 (2.07×). 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 Meade County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Meade County is $2,005, an effective rate of 1.35% on a $148,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Meade County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Meade County is recorded at $2,005 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,430 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 1,111 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- How does Meade County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Meade County run roughly in line with the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.35% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Meade County?
- Property taxes in Meade County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $71,852 median household income.
What to do with Meade County's STEEP rate
Inside Kansas, Meade County's $2,005 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Kansas overview →
Meade County ranks #79 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 Meade 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: 1.35%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,005/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Meade County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Meade County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Cumberland County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,004/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.59% vs Meade County 1.35%.
Marion County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,006/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.62% vs Meade County 1.35%.
Shackelford County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,004/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.15% vs Meade County 1.35%.
Linn County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,007/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.16% vs Meade County 1.35%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Meade 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 Meade County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.