Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Morris County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Morris County pays $1,898 a year, an effective rate of 1.46%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,898
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.46%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -5%
- vs U.S. average
- #68 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Morris County pay a median $1,898 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.46%, more affordable than 12% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,898
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.46%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2750 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -5%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($129,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 5,340. Owner-occupied homes: 2,043.
The median annual property tax in Morris County is $1,898, which is 32% lower than the Kansas state average and 5% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.46% on a median home value of $129,600. Property taxes represent 3.2% of the median household income in this county.
Morris County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Morris County's 1.46% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 12%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Kansas median
Homeowners in Morris County pay a median annual property tax of $1,898, modestly below the national median and well below the Kansas state median. On a $129,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.46% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Kansas counties by effective rate
Morris County ranks #68 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (35% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Morris County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $58,686 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Morris 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 10.7% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 57% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 37.3%, the median bill rose 22.5% to $1,898: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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 $1,549 to $1,898, 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 641 of 2,043 owner-occupied homes (31.4%) 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.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 3.2% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned 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 Morris County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Morris County homeowners, 641 of 2,043 owner-occupied homes (31.4%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 13.6% (278)
- $800 to $1,499 24.9% (508)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.3% (271)
- $2,000 to $2,999 14.9% (305)
- $3,000 or more 31.4% (641)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
40 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
In Morris County, mortgaged homeowners pay 21% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Morris County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Morris County's effective rate is higher than 35% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #68 of 105.
Where Morris County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.46% more affordable than 12% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Morris County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Morris 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 | 3.2% | - | - |
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.
Morris County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Morris County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $129,600 median home carries a $1,898 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $190 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Morris County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,898 +1.5% | 1.46% |
| 2023 | $1,870 +5.8% | 1.55% |
| 2022 | $1,767 +12.7% | 1.58% |
| 2021 | $1,568 +1.2% | 1.71% |
| 2020 | $1,549 | 1.64% |
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.
Morris County: tax-to-income at 3.2%
Counties near Morris County's effective rate
On effective rate, Morris County sits nearest Baltimore city (MD), Jefferson County (NE), Nassau County (NY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Fayette County (GA), Mecosta County (MI), Sublette County (WY).
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
Morris County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 2,510 returns from Morris County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,883 - 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
Morris County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Morris County?
- Morris County, Kansas scores F (34/100) 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- (2.21×). 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 Morris County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Morris County is $1,898, an effective rate of 1.46% on a $129,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Morris County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Morris County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.46% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Morris County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Morris County jumped 22.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,549 to $1,898, 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 Morris County?
- Property taxes in Morris County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $58,686 median household income.
What to do with Morris County's STEEP rate
Inside Kansas, Morris County's $1,898 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Kansas overview →
Morris County ranks #68 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 Morris 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: 1.46%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,898/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Morris County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Morris County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Manistee County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Morris County at $1,898/yr; rate 1.04% vs Morris County 1.46%.
Nemaha County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Morris County at $1,898/yr; rate 1.44% vs Morris County 1.46%.
Sawyer County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,897/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.80% vs Morris County 1.46%.
Beadle County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,900/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.09% vs Morris County 1.46%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Morris 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 Morris County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.