Colorado · County property tax · ACS 2024
Sedgwick County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Sedgwick County pays $664 a year, an effective rate of 0.45%, far below the U.S. average.
- $664
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.45%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -67%
- vs U.S. average
- #20 of 64
- rank in CO
The verdict
Homeowners in Sedgwick County pay a median $664 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.45%, more affordable than 89% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $664
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.45%
- Effective rate on median home
- #359 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -67%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($149,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Colorado. Population: 2,304. Owner-occupied homes: 734.
The median annual property tax in Sedgwick County is $664, which is 74% lower than the Colorado state average and 67% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.45% on a median home value of $149,000. Property taxes represent 1.3% of the median household income in this county.
Sedgwick County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Sedgwick County's 0.45% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 89%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Sedgwick County pay a median annual property tax of $664, far below the national median and far below the Colorado state median. On a $149,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.45% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Sedgwick County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $52,386 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Colorado counties by effective rate
Sedgwick County ranks #20 of 64 counties in Colorado by effective rate (69% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Sedgwick 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 gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Sedgwick County rose 33.9%, from $111,300 to $149,000. The effective rate fell 18.0% over the same span, a steeper move than in 76% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 9.8%, to $664. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $605 to $664, a change of 10%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 411 of 734 owner-occupied homes (56.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.3% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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 Sedgwick County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Sedgwick County homeowners, 411 of 734 owner-occupied homes (56.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 56.0% (411)
- $800 to $1,499 24.8% (182)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.1% (52)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.9% (43)
- $3,000 or more 5.4% (40)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Sedgwick County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+66%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Sedgwick County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Sedgwick County's effective rate is higher than 69% of the 64 counties in Colorado - ranking #20 of 64.
Where Sedgwick County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.45% Among the most affordable more affordable than 89% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Colorado, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 6% of the Colorado median, yet the median bill runs 74% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $664 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Sedgwick County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Sedgwick County | Colorado Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.3% | - | - |
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.
Sedgwick County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Colorado counties.
Sedgwick County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $664 -1.0% | 0.45% |
| 2023 | $671 +13.5% | 0.47% |
| 2022 | $591 +1.2% | 0.43% |
| 2021 | $584 -3.5% | 0.50% |
| 2020 | $605 | 0.54% |
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.
Sedgwick County: tax takes only 1.3% of income
Counties near Sedgwick County's effective rate
On effective rate, Sedgwick County sits nearest Yell County (AR), Cleburne County (AR), Walton County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Greensville County (VA), Mitchell County (GA), Jackson County (IL).
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 Sedgwick County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Sedgwick 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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Sedgwick County rate FAQs
- How does Sedgwick County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Sedgwick County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.45% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Sedgwick County?
- Sedgwick County, Colorado scores A- (80/100) 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 income room at A+ (1.3%). 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 Sedgwick County, Colorado?
- The median annual property tax in Sedgwick County is $664, an effective rate of 0.45% on a $149,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Sedgwick County?
- Property taxes in Sedgwick County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $52,386 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Sedgwick County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Sedgwick County climbed 9.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $605 to $664, 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 Sedgwick County's QUIET rate
Sedgwick County's $664 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 →
Income burden is light here: about 1.3% of Sedgwick County's $52,386 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Sedgwick County's QUIET 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: 0.45%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $664/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Sedgwick County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Sedgwick County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Drew County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Sedgwick County at $664/yr; rate 0.47% vs Sedgwick County 0.45%.
Greenbrier County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $663/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.44% vs Sedgwick County 0.45%.
Murray County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $665/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.42% vs Sedgwick County 0.45%.
Clarke County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $666/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.56% vs Sedgwick County 0.45%.
Allendale County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Sedgwick County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (0.88% vs 0.45%).
Colorado county set
State ACS overview for every published Colorado county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Sedgwick County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - 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 Sedgwick County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.