Kansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Osborne County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Osborne County pays $1,465 a year, an effective rate of 1.70%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,465
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.70%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- -26%
- vs U.S. average
- #28 of 105
- rank in KS
The verdict
Homeowners in Osborne County pay a median $1,465 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.70%, more affordable than 6% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,465
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.70%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2948 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -26%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($86,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kansas. Population: 3,452. Owner-occupied homes: 1,219.
The median annual property tax in Osborne County is $1,465, which is 48% lower than the Kansas state average and 26% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.70% on a median home value of $86,400. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Osborne County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Osborne County's 1.70% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 94% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Osborne County pay a median annual property tax of $1,465, well below the national median and well below the Kansas state median. On a $86,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.70% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Kansas counties by effective rate
Osborne County ranks #28 of 105 counties in Kansas by effective rate (73% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Osborne County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $63,011 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Osborne 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 9.8% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 61% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 30.7%, the median bill rose 18.0% to $1,465: 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 $1,242 to $1,465, a gain of 18%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 326 of 1,219 owner-occupied homes (26.7%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.3% 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 Osborne County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Osborne County homeowners, 326 of 1,219 owner-occupied homes (26.7%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 26.7% (326)
- $800 to $1,499 23.6% (288)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.8% (192)
- $2,000 to $2,999 13.2% (161)
- $3,000 or more 18.6% (227)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
25 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
In Osborne County, mortgaged homeowners pay 22% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Osborne County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Osborne County's effective rate is higher than 73% of the 105 counties in Kansas - ranking #28 of 105.
Where Osborne County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.70% more affordable than 6% 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
Osborne County taxes property at 1.70%, about 32% above the Kansas average, yet its median bill of $1,465 lands roughly 48% 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.
Osborne County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Osborne County | Kansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile 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.
Osborne County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Osborne County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $86,400 median home carries a $1,465 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $147 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Kansas.
Osborne County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,465 +7.3% | 1.70% |
| 2023 | $1,365 -1.9% | 1.61% |
| 2022 | $1,392 +11.1% | 1.73% |
| 2021 | $1,253 +0.9% | 1.94% |
| 2020 | $1,242 | 1.88% |
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.
Osborne County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Osborne County's effective rate
On effective rate, Osborne County sits nearest Jefferson County (IL), Douglas County (IL), Otsego County (NY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Clayton County (IA), Parmer County (TX), Jones County (GA).
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 Osborne County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Osborne 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.
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Osborne County rate FAQs
- How does Osborne County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Osborne County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.70% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Osborne County, Kansas?
- The median annual property tax in Osborne County is $1,465, an effective rate of 1.70% on a $86,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Osborne County?
- Osborne County, Kansas scores D (44/100) 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+ (1.37×). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Osborne County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Osborne County climbed 18.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,242 to $1,465, 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 Osborne County?
- Property taxes in Osborne County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $63,011 median household income.
What to do with Osborne County's STEEP rate
Osborne County's $1,465 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Osborne County ranks #28 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 Osborne 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: 1.70%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,465/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Osborne County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Osborne County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Hoke County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Osborne County at $1,465/yr; rate 0.67% vs Osborne County 1.70%.
Maui County, HI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,466/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.16% vs Osborne County 1.70%.
Ogemaw County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,464/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.95% vs Osborne County 1.70%.
Iron County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,467/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.34% vs Osborne County 1.70%.
Kansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Kansas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Osborne County stamps STEEP · LIGHT - 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 Osborne County (STEEP · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.