Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Miami County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Miami County pays $3,643 a year, an effective rate of 1.27%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,643
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 1.27%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +83%
- vs U.S. average
- #87 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Miami County pay a median $3,643 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.27%, more affordable than 20% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,643
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.27%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2505 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +83%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($287,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 34,938. Owner-occupied homes: 10,745.
The median annual property tax in Miami County is $3,643, which is 30% higher than the Kansas state average and 83% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.27% on a median home value of $287,700. Property taxes represent 4.1% of the median household income in this county.
Why Miami County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Miami County pay a median annual property tax of $3,643, far above the national median and well above the Kansas state median. On a $287,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.27% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among Kansas counties by effective rate
Miami County ranks #87 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (17% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Miami County's 1.27% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 20%).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Miami County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.1% of the $89,000 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Miami 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
Miami County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 1.2% down, against a median home value that rose 35.4%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 33.8%, from $2,723 to $3,643.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 34% from $2,723 to $3,643. 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: 6,645 of 10,745 owner-occupied homes (61.8%) 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 4.1% 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 Miami County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Miami County homeowners, 6,645 of 10,745 owner-occupied homes (61.8%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 4.3% (467)
- $800 to $1,499 6.4% (689)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.9% (738)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.1% (2,057)
- $3,000 or more 61.8% (6,645)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
149 homes here (1.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Kansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Miami County pay about the same bill, a 9% gap.
Miami County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Miami County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Miami County's median bill is 30% above the Kansas median and 83% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Miami County moved from $2,723 in the 2020 release to $3,643 in 2024, a change of about 34%. 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.
Miami County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Miami County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 4.1% | - | - |
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.
Is Miami County's $3,643 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Miami County's $3,643 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $364/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Miami County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,643 +7.0% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | $3,406 +11.3% | 1.23% |
| 2022 | $3,060 +7.3% | 1.21% |
| 2021 | $2,852 +4.7% | 1.28% |
| 2020 | $2,723 | 1.28% |
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.
Miami County: tax takes 4.1% of income
Counties near Miami County's median bill
On effective rate, Miami County sits nearest Allamakee County (IA), Dooly County (GA), Dickinson County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Wright County (IA), Henderson County (NC), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (AK).
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
Miami County: only 7% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,150 of 16,430 returns from Miami County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,781 - 32% 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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Miami County bill FAQs
- How does Miami County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Miami County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.27% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Miami County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Miami County jumped 33.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,723 to $3,643, 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 is the average property tax in Miami County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Miami County is $3,643, an effective rate of 1.27% on a $287,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Miami County?
- Miami County, Kansas scores F (23/100) 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 D (+$315). 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 Miami County?
- Property taxes in Miami County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.1% of the $89,000 median household income.
What to do with Miami County's HEAVY bill
Miami County's $3,643 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Miami County ranks #87 of 105 Kansas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Kansas overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Miami County's HEAVY median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.27%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,643/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Miami County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Miami County (PAR · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR HEAVY
Ingham County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,640/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.83% vs Miami County 1.27%.
Oswego County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,646/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 2.40% vs Miami County 1.27%.
Burnet County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,639/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.06% vs Miami County 1.27%.
Wyoming County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,650/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 2.25% vs Miami County 1.27%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Miami County stamps PAR · HEAVY - 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 Miami County (PAR · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.